Editing Theodoric (section)

==Late antiquity to early Middle Ages==
{{anchor|Apollo Teutorix}}
The earliest record of the name is in a Roman-era (3rd century) inscription, discovered in 1784 in [[Wiesbaden]] (at the time known as ''Aquae Mattiacorum'' in [[Germania Superior]]), edited in ''Codex inscriptionum romanarum Danubii et Rheni'' as no. 684: {{lang|la|IN. H. D. D. APOLLINI. TOVTIORIGI}}, interpreted as ''In honorem domus divinae, Apolloni toutiorigi''.
This has given rise to a supposed "Apollo Teutorix" in 19th-century literature.
[[John Rhŷs]] (1892) opined that "the interest attached to the word ''Toutiorix'' is out of all proportion to its single occurrence".<ref>
[[John Rhŷs]], ''Lectures on the origin and growth of religion as illustrated by Celtic heathendom'' (1892), p. 30.
[https://archive.org/details/lecturesonorigin00rhys]</ref>
The existence of a genuinely [[Celtic name]] ''Teutorix'' or ''Tout(i)orix'' is uncertain, though Welsh ''[[Tudur]]'', Old Welsh ''Tutir'' presupposes a precise cognate of ''Toutorix'' at least in [[Common Brittonic|ancient British Celtic]].<ref>{{cite journal|last1=Zimmer|first1=Stefan|title=Some Names and Epithets in "Culhwch ac Olwen"|journal=Studi Celtici|date=2006|volume=3|pages=163–179|url=https://www.academia.edu/4135527|access-date=13 January 2016}} (See p. 11, n. 34 in the online version.)</ref>
Rhŷs surmises that the "historical Teuton" (viz. [[Theoderic the Great]]) bore a name of the [[Gaulish Apollo]] as adopted into early [[Germanic paganism|Germanic religion]].

The first known bearer of the name was [[Theodoric I]], son of [[Alaric I]], king of the [[Visigoths]] (d. 451). The [[Gothic language|Gothic]] form of the name would have been ''Þiudareiks'', which was Latinized as ''Theodericus''. The notability of the name is due to [[Theoderic the Great]], son of [[Theodemir (Ostrogothic king)|Theodemir]], king of the [[Ostrogoths]] (454&ndash;526), who became a legendary figure of the [[Germanic Heroic Age]] as [[Dietrich von Bern]].

After the end of [[late antiquity]], during the 6th to 8th centuries there were also several kings of the [[Franks]] called Theodoric (or Theuderic).
Finally, there was an early [[Anglo-Saxons|Anglo-Saxon]] king of [[Bernicia]] called [[Theodric of Bernicia|Theodric]] (also spelled ''Deoric'', Old English ''{{lang|ang|Þēodrīc}}'').

*[[Theodoric I]] (died 451), king of the Visigoths
*[[Theodoric II]] (died 466), king of the Visigoths
*[[Theoderic the Great]] (454–526), ruler of the Ostrogoths, Italy, and the Visigoths
*[[Theodoric Strabo]] (died 481)
*[[Theuderic I]] (died {{c.}} 534), Frankish king
*[[Theuderic II]] (587–613), Frankish king
*[[Theuderic III]] (died 691), king of the Franks
*[[Theuderic IV]] (died 737), king of the Franks
*[[Theodric of Bernicia]], 6th-century Anglo-Saxon king
*[[Theodoric of Mont d'Hor]] died 533), disciple of Saint Remigius who became abbot of [[Saint-Thierry Abbey]] near Reims, France
*[[Tewdrig|Saint Tewdrig]] (alternatively Tewdric or Theodoric) (c. 580 – c. 630), Welsh king of Gwent and Glywysing, who was martyred fighting the Saxons
*[[Martyrs of Ebsdorf|Theodoric, Bishop of Minden]] (died 880)
*[[Theodoric I of Paderborn|Theodoric I, Bishop of Paderborn]] (died 916)
*[[Dirk I, Count of Holland]] (c. 870 – 928/944), in Latin Theodoric
*[[Dirk II, Count of Holland]] (920/930–988)