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Tadej

Male#1244 most common in Croatia154 people in Croatia
Meaning:
Courageous, big-hearted
Origin:
Aramaic

About the name Tadej

Croatian form of Thaddeus, name of one of the Apostles (Jude Thaddeus).

Name day and nicknames

Name day:
October 28 (sv. Juda Tadej)

Popularity with newborns

Tadej has not appeared on the annual list of the most popular newborn names. That list covers the 50 most common names for each sex, so the name was given to fewer children than the 50th name of the year — not to none.

People with this name in Croatia

154 people in Croatia are called Tadej, according to the 2021 census. That is #1244 among all the names in Imenko.

Where the name is found

Tadej is recorded in 5 of Croatia's 21 counties.

Grad ZagrebMeđimurskaOsječko-baranjskaVaraždinskaVukovarsko-srijemska

Characteristics

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Sources

Counts of people living in Croatia come from the Croatian Bureau of Statistics' 2021 census, which suppresses any figure below 10. Yearly birth figures come from its annual list of the most popular newborn names. Meaning, origin, name day and nicknames are curated by Imenko.