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Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Jody	Report	13 May 2005 16:15
Member Since: January 2004 Posts: 0 Send Message	Does anyone know where the namr Thoephilus/Theophilius comes from? I have many family members of this name during 16/1700's and have never heard of it before. With Regards Natalie
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	13 May 2005 16:17
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Don't mean this to sound like a pun, but it does sound Greek to me.
Member Since: September 2004 Posts: 1,317 Send Message	Sunny Rosy	Report	13 May 2005 16:24
	You don't mean Theophilus.T.Wildebeast do you? Sorry, joking, like Lenny Henry's character.
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Unknown	Report	13 May 2005 16:44
Member Since: January 0001 Posts: 0 Send Message	Theo = God philis = love Mozart's middle name Amadeus is the same thing in Latin. I think it translates as Loved by God. nell
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 564 Send Message	Lisa	Report	13 May 2005 18:50
Member Since: July 2004 Posts: 564 Send Message	It sounds Greek, but the chap who did the finance for hubby's car had this surname, and he was Welsh! Lisa