Theophile
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Theophile is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Rwanda than in any other country, where it is the 38th most common given name.
- FRFrance≈1 in 15K(inferred from the name graph)
- RWRwanda≈1 in 1.4K
- CMCameroon≈1 in 3.6K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Theophile itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Rwanda (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 254 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 1.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,200 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Rwanda, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
3 other spellings are counted as the same name:
Locally spelled Théophile in MG Madagascar.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 19 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Theophile counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RW Rwanda | #38 | ≈9,200 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | — | Theophile | 9 |
| CM Cameroon | #266 | ≈7,800 est. | ≈1 in 3.6K | 1 | Theophile | 24 |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | #471 | ≈7,400 est. | ≈1 in 14K | 4 | Theophile | 11 |
| FR France | #947 | ≈4,400 est. | ≈1 in 15K | 14K | Theophile | 254 |
| MG Madagascar | #684 | ≈3,100 est. | ≈1 in 8.7K | — | Théophile | 10 |
| US United States | — | 1,790as Theophilus | 1 in 186K | 1.8K | Theophile | 93 |
| TG Togo | #67 | ≈1,000 est. | ≈1 in 8.4K | 1 | Theophile | 9 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Assemblee Nationale du Cameroun — sitting-MP roster, 10eme legislature (2020-2025); Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024); Wikidata humans by citizenship — given & family names. Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Theophile is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, One who loves God.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Théophile de Viaub. 1590FRFrench poet (1590-1626)
- Rene Laennecb. 1781FRnot in their usual nameFrench physician, inventor of stethoscope (1781-1826)
- Jules Pelouzeb. 1807FRnot in their usual nameFrench chemist (1807–1867)
- Théophile Aubeb. 1826FRFrench admiral (1826-1890)
- Théophile Ferréb. 1846FRFrench politician (1846–1871)
- Théophile Homolleb. 1848FRFrench archaeologist and hellenist (1848-1925)
- Théophile Delcasséb. 1852FRFrench statesman (1852-1923)
- Charles Angrandb. 1854FRnot in their usual nameFrench painter (1854-1926)
- Théophile de Donderb. 1872BEBelgian physicist (1872–1957)
- René Girardb. 1923FRnot in their usual nameFrench historian, literary critic, and philosopher of social science
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 48 sources across 30 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2016 | 14K | #2,227 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 300 | #29,024 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 7 | #29,024 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2020 | 5 | — |
| TG Togo | Journal Officiel — Liste definitive des candidats (legislatives 2024) | 2024 | 1 | #23 |
| FR France | Dictionnaire Généalogique des Prénoms (Athias, 2007) | — | — | — |
| FR France | Le Grand Guide des Prénoms | — | — | — |
| CD Congo - Kinshasa | WGND 2.0 — DR Congo given names | — | — | — |
Reference works 5
- Dictionary of American Family Names
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- Is Theophile a male or female name?
- Theophile is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- How common is the name Theophile?
- In the United States, the national register counted 1,790 people named Theophilus in 2020, about 1 in 186 thousand residents.
- How common is Theophile compared with other names?
- In Rwanda, Theophile is the 38th most common given name of 862 given names recorded there.
- In which country does Theophile have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.2 thousand people named Theophile in Rwanda, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled theophile.
What do you want to know about Theophile?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/theophileThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Theophile” — the 38th most common given name in Rwanda. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.