Theophilus is a Greek name meaning "friend of God" or "loved by God", from theos, god, and philos, friend. It is the name of the person to whom the Gospel of Luke and the Acts of the Apostles are addressed, and it was popular among Puritans and in colonial America. Theophilus reached number 2166 in 2022 and ranks number 2417 in the United States in 2025.