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The name Theodora Kis

Where the given name and the surname come from, from their Wikipedia articles.

Theodora

Given name · female given name

Theodora (Greek: Θεοδώρα, Theodōra) is a feminine given name, the feminine version of Theodore, from the Greek θεός theos 'god' + δῶρον doron 'gift'.

Theodora is first attested in Mycenaean Greek, written in the Linear B syllabic script, as 𐀳𐀃𐀈𐀨, te-o-do-ra.

The name Dorothy (Greek: Δωροθέα, Dōrothea) contains the same word elements in reverse order.

It was the name of several saints and queens, including Theodora, a 6th-century Byzantine empress honored as a saint in the early Christian Church.

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Kis

Surname · family name

Kis, Kış or Kiš, is a surname.

Like Kiss (surname), it is often derived from the Hungarian word kis, meaning "small".

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