Details for the forename Theophilus

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Theophilus (male)


Variants:	Amadeus (M) Feofil (M) Feofilakt (M) Gottlieb (M) Teophilo (M) Théophile (M)
Feminine form:	Philothei (F)

Source(s):	The Oxford Names Companion, OUP Private research.
Notes:	Greek "God's love" and the addressee of the NT Gospel of St Luke and the Acts of the Apostles. Theophilus was recorded as the baptismal second name of Wolfgang Mozart who preferred to use the Latinised version, Amadeus, not the German Gottlieb.