by God" Theophilus: (Greek) "one who loves God" Theognis: (Greek) "God-knowing" Theophanes/Theophania, Tiffany: (Greek) "manifestation of God" Theophrastus: (Greek) "godly speech" Theaetetus: (Greek) "one who pleads to God" Timothy/Timotheus: (Greek) "one who honors God" Some Christian saints have polytheistic theophoric names (such as Saint Dionysius, Saint Mercurius, Saint Saturninus, Saint Hermes, Saint Martin of Tours, Saint Demetrius of Thessaloniki). Germanic theophoric names Os, meaning "god" Oslac Oswald Oswin Thor, the god of thunder Thorstein means "Thor's stone" Thorkel means "Thor's craft" Thorulf means "Thor's wolf" Thordis Thora Ing, an old name for Freyr (an epithet meaning "lord") Ingrid Ingeborg Inger Ingunn Rarely, Germanic names contain the element Wod (such as Woðu-riðe), potentially pointing to an association with the god Odin. In connection, numerous names containing wulf "wolf" have been taken as totemistic, expressing association with Odin in the earliest period, although -ulf degenerated into a mere suffix from an early time (Förstemann 1856). Hinduism The personal names of almost all gods and goddesses of various deities from the polytheistic Hindu pantheon are considered common and traditional names for people from region. Many traditional Hindu names are in fact from various names or epithets of Hindu gods or goddesses. This is in addition to compound theophoric names using the name of a deity in addition to possessive qualifiers. Names of gods which are also used as personal names, include Vishnu Shiva Lakshmi Parvati Indra Personal names using a deity's name as the base Vaishnavi, meaning "a worshipper of Vishnu" Shivansh, meaning "a part of Shiva" Brahma, the Hindu creator god, is one of the only deities of the pantheon whose name is rarely if ever used as a personal name or as a base for theophoric personal names. Some seemingly theophoric names, may in fact be more related to the original etymology of the deity's name itself. For example, both Lakshmi and Lakshman are names of a deity and an avatar respectively, which are both derived from the etymological root Laksh meaning goal or aim, which in itself is also a valid personal name. Islam Abdullah: "servant of God" Judaism and biblical Much Hebrew theophory occurs in the Bible, particularly in the Old Testament. The most prominent theophory involves names referring to El, a word meaning might, power and (a) god in general, and hence in Judaism, God and among the Canaanites the name of the god who was the father