theophoric name
C5878
concept
A theophoric name is a personal name that incorporates the name of a god or deity, typically to invoke protection, favor, or association with that divine figure.
All labels observed (5)
| Label | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| theophoric name canonical | 37 |
| theophoric epithet | 1 |
| theophoric expression | 1 |
| theophoric given name | 1 |
| theophoric title | 1 |
Description generation (CDg)
The one-sentence description above was generated by prompting gpt-5.1 with the class name and this instruction.
Instruction
generate a one-sentence description for a given conceptual class. # Response Format Return only the sentence: "Description: [one-sentence description of the conceptional class]"
Input
Class: theophoric name
Generated description
A theophoric name is a personal name that incorporates the name of a god or deity, typically to invoke protection, favor, or association with that divine figure.
Instances (41)
| Instance | Via concept surface |
|---|---|
| Ishaq | — |
|
observed in some Christian calendars under form Rebecca
surface form:
Rebecca
|
— |
| Son of Ra | theophoric epithet |
| Yosef | — |
| Emmanuel | — |
| Petrus | — |
| Baltasar | — |
| Ashraf | — |
| Idris (Arabic name) | — |
| Immanuel | — |
| ʿAmr | — |
|
Santiago (in Galician usage context)
surface form:
Santiago
|
— |
| al-ʿAbbās | — |
|
Hebrew כָּלֵב (Kalev)
surface form:
כָּלֵב
|
— |
| פְּדָיָה | — |
| אָשֵׁר | — |
| Christianus | — |
| I AM | theophoric title |
| Malik | — |
| Is-haq | — |
| I Am That I Am | theophoric expression |
|
Arabic name ‘Imrān’
surface form:
Imrān
|
— |
| Damianus | — |
| Mehdi | — |
| ʿAbd al-Raḥmān | — |
| Ali-Reza | — |
| Al-Hamid | — |
| María Dolores | — |
| Elʿāzār | — |
| Idrīs | — |
| Jaʿfar | — |
| Stylianos | — |
| Mohammad | — |
| Callixtus | — |
| Berechias | — |
| Lambertus | — |
| Abdelhadi | — |
| Abdul Hadi | — |
| Mustafa | — |
| Muhsin | theophoric given name |
| Abd al-Rahman | — |