Theodore joins the Greek theos, god, with doron, gift, translating directly to "gift of God." Unlike names built on martial or elemental roots, this one frames a person as something given rather than earned or won, and it has long carried a sense of being welcomed rather than merely arrived.
Generals are to be gathered from Singulars, and Singulars from Generals, and an Artist ought always to learn to distinguish between that which is by itself, and that which is only by accident. - Cardan Girolamo (1501-1576)