Thaddeus (Latin ''Thaddaeus'', Ancient Greek Θαδδαῖος ''Thaddaĩos'', from Aramaic תדי ''Ṯaday'') is a male given name. As of the 1990 United States census, 1990 Census, ''Thaddeus'' was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while ''Thad'', its diminutive version, was the 846th most popular.

Alternate forms

*Taco (given name), Taco – Dutch language, Dutch *Tadeu (indicative mood , ind. Tade) – Albanian Language, Albanian *Թադէոս ("Tadeos"), Թադևոս ("Tadevos"), Թաթոս ("Tatos") – Armenian language, Armenian *Tadija – Croatian language, Croatian *Tadeáš – Czech language, Czech *Thaddée – French language, French *თადეოზი (''tadeozi'') Georgian language, Georgian *Thaddäus – German language, German *Tádé – Hungarian language, Hungarian *Tadáias (Biblical), Tadhg (given name) – Irish language, Irish *Taddeo, Tadzio – Italian language, Italian *Tadejs – Latvian language, Latvian *Tadas (name), Tadas – Lithuanian language, Lithuanian *Thadhewoos – Malayalam language, Malayalam *Tadeusz – Polish language, Polish *Tadeu – Portuguese language, Portuguese *Тадэвуш ("Tadevush") – Belarusian language, Belarusian *Фаддей ("Faddey") or Фадей ("Fadey") – Russian language, Russian *Фадей ("Fadey") – Ukrainian language, Ukrainian *Тадеј (Tadej), Тадија (Tadija) – Serbian language, Serbian *Tadej – Slovenian language, Slovenian *Tadeo – Spanish language, Spanish *Tadewos – Amharic language, Amharic *Other variations: Taddeus, Thaddeus, Tadeus

Biblical figures

*Thaddaeus, usually identified as Jude the Apostle, one of the Twelve Apostles of Jesus *Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Disciples

List of Eastern Orthodox saints, Orthodox saints

*Apostles in the New Testament, Apostle Jude the Apostle, Jude son of James (Lebbaeus, Thaddeus), Brothers of Jesus, brother of Jesus, *Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Disciples, bishop of Beirut, *The Venerable, Venerable Thaddeus of Lukh, Russia, Lukh, *New Martyr, New Hieromartyr Archbishop Thaddeus (Uspensky) of Diocese of Tver, Tver, *The Venerable, Venerable Thaddeus of Stepantsminda, *The Venerable, Venerable Thaddeus the Confessor of the Studion, *Saints Thaddeus.

People

Thaddeus

*Thaddeus of Naples (fl. 1291), crusade chronicler *Thaddeus (bishop of Caffa), 14th-century Armenian Catholic friar and bishop *Thaddeus Bullard, American professional wrestler better known as Titus O'Neil *Thaddeus Cahill (1867–1934), American inventor of the telharmonium *Thaddeus Dryja, Thaddeus P. Dryja, American ophthalmologist and geneticist *Thaddeus Grauer, Austrian art dealer *Thaddeus William Harris (1795–1856), American entomologist, botanist and librarian *Thaddäus Huber (1742–1798), Austrian violinist and composer *Thaddeus B. Hurd, American architect and amateur historian *Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish general in the American Revolution *Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831–1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor *Thaddeus McCotter (born 1965), American politician *Thaddeus Moss (born 1998), American football player *Thaddeus O'Sullivan (born 1947), Irish film director, cinematographer, and screenwriter *Ari Thaddeus Pilichowski, 20th-century French-British linguist and conference interpreter, better known as Teddy Pilley *Thaddeus Coleman Pound (1833–1914), Lieutenant Governor of Wisconsin and grandfather of Ezra Pound *Thaddeus Stevens (1792–1868), leader of the Radical Republicans during the American Civil War and Reconstruction *Thaddeus Young, American basketball player for the Toronto Raptors

Thad

*Thad Jones (1923–1986), American jazz trumpeter and bandleader *Thad Lewis (born 1987), American National Football League quarterback *Thad Luckinbill, American actor on the soap opera ''The Young and the Restless'' *Thad Starner, American computer scientist, professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology College of Computing, technical lead of Google Glass

Fictional characters

* Thunderbolt Ross, General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross, Marvel comics character, mainly an antagonist of Hulk * Doctor Sivana, Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, DC comics character, an antagonist of Captain Marvel (DC Comics), Captain Marvel * Thaddeus Sholto, character in ''The Sign of the Four'' by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle * Tadzio, character in the Death in Venice (film), film and Death in Venice, novella Death in Venice by Thomas Mann * Thaddeus Beaumont in ''The Dark Half'' by Stephen King * Tadeus, character in "Requiem: a Halucination" by Antonio Tabucchi * Thaddeus Caractacus Evillard “Pecker” Bird, major Character in the The Starbuck Chronicles, Starbuck Chronicle by Bernard Cornwell * "The Chief" in the Get Smart#CONTROL, CONTROL spy agency in ''Get Smart'' * Thaddeus Thatch, paternal grandfather of Milo James Thatch in ''Atlantis: The Lost Empire'' * List of Monsters, Inc. characters#Thaddeus Bile, Thaddeus Bile, a character in the 2001 Walt Disney Studios Motion Pictures, Disney/Pixar animated film ''Monsters, Inc.'' * Thaddeus, character in the film ''Your Highness (film), Your Highness'' * Dr. Thaddeus Morocco, an antagonist in the animated series ''Transformers: Rescue Bots'' * Thad Castle, on television series ''Blue Mountain State'' * Thaddeus "Rusty" Venture, on the animated series ''The Venture Bros.'' * Tadzio, in the film of ''Death in Venice (film), Death in Venice'' * Thaddeus Bradley, in the movie ''Now You See Me (film), Now You See Me'' * Brother Thaddeus, in the film ''Heaven Help Us''

References

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