Thaddeus

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| pronunciation = {{IPAc-en|θ|æ|ˈ|d|iː|ə|s|,_|ˈ|θ|æ|d|i|-}}

| gender = Male

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| language = Aramaic

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| alternative spelling = Thaddaeus

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Thad
Thady
Tad
Ted
Teddy
Todd
Toddy
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Tadeusz
Taddei
Tadeo
Tadeu
Taddeo
Tadas
Tadei
Tadey
Faddey

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Thaddeus ({{langx|la|Thaddaeus}}, {{langx|grc|Θαδδαῖος|Thaddaĩos}}, from {{langx|arc|תדי|Ṯaday}}) is a masculine given name.

As of the 1990 Census, Thaddeus was the 611th most popular male name in the United States, while Thad, its diminutive version, was the 846th.{{cite web |url=https://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/data/1990surnames/dist.male.first |title=Frequently Occurring Male First Names from Census 1990 |publisher=United States Census Bureau |accessdate=2011-01-29 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20100121020935/http://www.census.gov/genealogy/www/data/1990surnames/dist.male.first |archivedate=2010-01-21 }}

Alternate forms

Taco – Dutch
Tadeu (ind. Tade) – Albanian
Թադէոս ("Tadeos"), Թադևոս ("Tadevos"), Թաթոս ("Tatos") – Armenian
Tadija – Croatian
Tadeáš – Czech
Thaddée – French
თადეოზი (tadeozi) Georgian
Thaddäus – German
Tádé – Hungarian
Tadáias (Biblical), Tadhg (given name) – Irish
Taddeo – Italian
Taddeus (Biblical; old translation), Taday (modern translation) – Turkish
Tadejs – Latvian
Tadas – Lithuanian
Тадеј (Tadej) - Macedonian
Thadhewoos – Malayalam
Tadeusz – Polish
Tadeu – Portuguese
Тадэвуш ("Tadevush") – Belarusian
Фаддей ("Faddey") or Фадей ("Fadey") – Russian
Тадей ("Тadey") – Ukrainian
Тадеј (Tadej), Тадија (Tadija) – Serbian
Tadej – Slovenian
Tadeo – Spanish
Tadewos – Amharic

Biblical figures

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

Orthodox saints

References:'{{Cite web|title=2021|url=http://calendar.rop.ru/?svt=svm-f|access-date=2021-10-07|website=calendar.rop.ru}}{{Cite web|title=Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής :: Αλφαβητική Αναζήτηση βίων|url=https://www.saint.gr/%CE%98/searchalphabet.aspx|access-date=2021-10-07|website=www.saint.gr}}{{Cite web|title=Ορθόδοξος Συναξαριστής :: Άγιος Θαδδαίος|url=https://www.saint.gr/3069/saint.aspx#Biography|access-date=2021-10-07|website=www.saint.gr}}

Apostle Jude son of James (Lebbaeus, Thaddeus), brother of Jesus,{{Cite web|title=Апостол Иу́да Иаковлев (Левве́й, Фадде́й), брат Господень|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-iuda-iakovlev-levvej|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}
Thaddeus of Edessa, one of the Seventy Disciples, bishop of Beirut,{{Cite web|title=Апостол от 70-ти Фадде́й Едесский, Бейрутский, епископ|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-edesskij-bejrutskij|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}
Venerable Thaddeus of Lukh,{{Cite web|title=Преподобный Фадде́й Луховской|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-luhovskoj|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}
New Hieromartyr Archbishop Thaddeus (Uspensky) of Tver,{{Cite web|title=Священномученик Фадде́й (Успенский), Тверской, архиепископ|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-uspenskij|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}
Venerable Thaddeus of Stepantsminda{{Cite web|title=Преподобный Фадде́й Степанцминдский|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-stepancmindskij|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}
Venerable Thaddeus the Confessor of the Studion{{Cite web|title=Преподобный Фадде́й Студит|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-studit|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}

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 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 Kirkland (born 1955), American politician
Thaddeus Kosciuszko, Polish general in the American Revolution
Thaddeus S. C. Lowe (1831–1913), American Civil War scientist and inventor
Thaddeus Matthews (1958–2025), American pastor and broadcaster
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 Ward (born 1997), American baseball player
Thaddäus Weigl (1776–1844), Austrian composer and music publisher
Thaddeus Young, American basketball player for the Toronto Raptors
Thaddeus Joy, boat captain of "Seneca Chief" on Erie Canal.

= 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

General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross, Marvel Comics character, mainly an antagonist of Hulk
Agent John Thaddeus Myers, character in Hellboy (2004) by Guillermo Del Toro
Doctor Thaddeus Bodog Sivana, DC Comics character, an antagonist of Captain Marvel
Thaddeus Sholto, character in The Sign of the Four by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Tadzio, character in the film and 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 Starbuck Chronicles by Bernard Cornwell
"The Chief" in the CONTROL spy agency in Get Smart
Thaddeus Thatch, paternal grandfather of Milo James Thatch in Atlantis: The Lost Empire
Thaddeus Bile, a character in the 2001 Disney/Pixar animated film Monsters, Inc.
Thaddeus, character in the 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.
Thaddeus Bradley, in the movie Now You See Me
Brother Thaddeus, in the film Heaven Help Us
Lieutenant/Captain Thaddeus Harris in the film Police Academy
Captain Thadeus, of the Osiris, in the Final Flight of the Osiris in The Animatrix