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{{wiktionary|Thaddeus}}
{{Infobox given name
| name                 = 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
| nickname             = {{Plainlist|
* [[Thad]]
* [[Thady]]
* [[Tad (given name)|Tad]]
* [[Ted (disambiguation)|Ted]]
* [[Teddy]]
* [[Todd (given name)|Todd]]
* [[Toddy (disambiguation)|Toddy]] 
* <small>See [[hypocorisms]] for more</small>
}}
| related names        = {{Plainlist|
* [[Tadeusz (disambiguation)|Tadeusz]]
* [[Taddei]]
* [[Tadeo]]
* [[Tadeu]]
* [[Taddeo]]
* [[Tadas (name)|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 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.<ref>{{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 }}</ref>

==Alternate forms==
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* [[Taco (given name)|Taco]] – [[Dutch language|Dutch]]
* Tadeu ([[indicative mood <!-- presumably! But any Albanian speaker, or an early editor who presumably added it, probably knows more than I do!-->|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]] – [[Italian language|Italian]]
* Taddeus (Biblical; old translation), Taday (modern translation) – [[Turkish language|Turkish]]
* Tadejs – [[Latvian language|Latvian]]
* [[Tadas (name)|Tadas]] – [[Lithuanian language|Lithuanian]]
* Тадеј (Tadej) - [[Macedonian language|Macedonian]]
* 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]]
* Тадей ("Тadey") – [[Ukrainian language|Ukrainian]]
* Тадеј (Tadej), Тадија (Tadija) – [[Serbian language|Serbian]]
* Tadej – [[Slovenian language|Slovenian]]
* Tadeo – [[Spanish language|Spanish]]
* Tadewos – [[Amharic language|Amharic]]

==Biblical figures==
* Thaddaeus, usually identified as [[Jude the Apostle]], one of the [[Twelve Apostles]] of Jesus
* [[Addai of Edessa|Thaddeus of Edessa]], one of the [[Seventy Disciples]]

== Orthodox saints ==
{{See also|List of Eastern Orthodox saints}}
''References:'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=2021|url=http://calendar.rop.ru/?svt=svm-f|access-date=2021-10-07|website=calendar.rop.ru}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref><ref>{{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}}</ref>

* [[Apostles in the New Testament|Apostle]] '''[[Jude the Apostle|Jude son of James (Lebbaeus, Thaddeus)]]''', [[Brothers of Jesus|brother of Jesus]],<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* '''[[Addai of Edessa|Thaddeus of Edessa]]''', one of the [[Seventy Disciples]], [[bishop]] of [[Beirut]],<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[The Venerable|Venerable]] '''Thaddeus of [[Lukh, Russia|Lukh]]''',<ref>{{Cite web|title=Преподобный Фадде́й Луховской|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-luhovskoj|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}</ref>
* [[New Martyr|New]] [[Hieromartyr]] [[Archbishop]] '''Thaddeus (Uspensky) of [[Diocese of Tver|Tver]]''',<ref>{{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}}</ref>
* [[The Venerable|Venerable]] '''Thaddeus of [[Stepantsminda]]'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Преподобный Фадде́й Степанцминдский|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-stepancmindskij|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}</ref>
* [[The Venerable|Venerable]] '''Thaddeus the Confessor of the Studion'''<ref>{{Cite web|title=Преподобный Фадде́й Студит|url=https://azbyka.rudays/sv-faddej-studit|access-date=2021-10-07|website=azbyka.rudays|language=ru}}</ref>

==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 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==
* [[Thunderbolt Ross|General Thaddeus E. "Thunderbolt" Ross]], Marvel Comics character, mainly an antagonist of [[Hulk]]
* Agent John Thaddeus Myers, character in [[Hellboy (2004 film)|''Hellboy'' (2004)]] by [[Guillermo del Toro|Guillermo Del Toro]]
* [[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 Starbuck Chronicles]]'' 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.]]''
* Thaddeus Bradley, in the movie ''[[Now You See Me (film)|Now You See Me]]''
* Brother Thaddeus, in the film ''[[Heaven Help Us]]''
* Lieutenant/Captain [[List_of_Police_Academy_characters#Lt./Capt._Thaddeus_Harris|Thaddeus Harris]] in the film ''[[Police Academy (film)|Police Academy]]''
* Captain Thadeus, of the Osiris, in the ''Final Flight of the Osiris'' in [[The Animatrix]]

==See also==
* [[Addai (given name)|Addai]]
* [[Taddei]]
* [[Tadeo Gomez]], an American musician

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