Tudor

Tudor is a Welsh and Romanian given name derived from the Celtic name Tudur, itself composed of elements meaning people and king, making it a cognate of the Germanic name Theodoric. In Wales it was borne by several medieval princes and chieftains, and the name is most famously associated with the Tudor dynasty, the Welsh-origin royal house that ruled England from Henry VII through Elizabeth I. The Romanian form arose independently as a borrowing or parallel development and remains widely used in Romania and Moldova today. Related forms include Tudur in Welsh and the anglicized Theodore, which shares a broadly similar sense though through a different linguistic route.