Theron

Borrowed from Latin Thērōn, in turn from Ancient Greek Θήρων (Thḗrōn).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθɛəɹən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈθɛɹən/
• Rhymes: -ɛəɹən

Theron

1. Theron of Akragas (died 473 BC), a tyrant of Akragas in Sicily.

From Occitan toponyms derived from Latin torus, thorus (“embankment, elevation”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to extend, to stretch out”).
Made known in the Afrikaans form by the below actress.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈθɪəɹɒn/, /θəˈɹɒn/, /ˈθɪəɹən/

  • Audio (Southern England)

    (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈθɛɹən/, /ˈθɪəɹən/, /θəˈɹoʊn/
• Rhymes: -ɛɹən, -ɪəɹɒn, -ɪəɹən, -ɒn, -əʊn

Theron

1. A surname.
2. Charlize Theron (born 1975), South African actress.

• 'nother, Hornet, Rhoten, Thoren, Thorne, enhort, hornet, nother, other'n, throne

From Occitan toponyms derived from Latin torus, thorus (“embankment, elevation”), from Proto-Indo-European *sterh₃- (“to extend, to stretch out”).

• IPA^(key): /trɔn/, /tron/

• Audio

  (file)

Theron

1. a surname