Theo
Theo is a given name and a hypocorism.
Greek origin
Many names beginning with the root Theo- derive from the Ancient Greek word theos, which means God, for example:- Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, Theophano and Theoxena
- Masculine names: Theodore, Theodoros/Theodorus, Theodosius, Theodotus, Theophanes, Theophilus, Theodoret and Theophylact
Germanic origin
Many other names beginning with "Theo-" do not necessarily derive from Greek, but rather the old Germanic "theud", meaning "people" or "folk". These names include:People with the name Theo
See Theo and Théo for a current alphabetical list of all people with the first name Theo or Théo in the English Wikipedia.Among better known people with this name are:
- Theo Adam, German classical bass-baritone
- Theo Albrecht, German entrepreneur and billionaire
- Theo Angelopoulos, Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer
- Theo Avgerinos, American film director
- Theo Benedet, Canadian American football player
- Theo Bos, Dutch road and track cyclist, five-time world champion
- Theo van Doesburg, Dutch artist, founder and leader of the De Stijl art movement
- Theo Epstein, American baseball executive, three-time World Series champion
- Theo Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
- Theo Geisel, American author better known as Dr. Seuss
- Theo van Gogh (art dealer), brother and supporter of painter Vincent van Gogh
- Theo van Gogh (film director), Dutch film director, great-grandson of the above
- Théo Golliard, Swiss footballer
- Theo Grant, Canadian football player
- Theo Heemskerk, Dutch Prime Minister
- Théo Hernandez, French footballer
- Theo Hutchcraft, English singer and songwriter
- Theo Jackson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Theo James, English actor
- Theo Jansen, Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor
- Theo Janssen, Dutch footballer
- Theo Johnson, Canadian American football player
- Theo Jörgensmann, German jazz clarinetist and composer
- Théo Lefèvre, Belgian Prime Minister
- Theo Lingen, German actor, film director and screenwriter
- Théo Lucien, French taekwondo practitioner
- Theo Mackeben, German composer and conductor
- Theo Melin Öhrström, Swedish-American football player
- Theo Osterkamp, German flying ace in both World War I and World War II
- Theo Pabst, German architect
- Theo Pelouze, French chemist
- Theo de Raadt, South African-born Canadian founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects
- Theo Ratliff, American basketball player
- Theo Rossi, American actor and producer
- Théo van Rysselberghe, Belgian neo-impressionist painter
- Théo Sarapo, French singer and actor, husband of Édith Piaf
- Theo Smyrnaeus, Greek philosopher and mathematician
- Theo Sommer, German newspaper editor and intellectual
- Theo Timmer, Dutch motorcycle racer
- Theo Timmermans (footballer born 1926), Dutch footballer
- Theo Timmermans, Dutch footballer
- Theo Von, American stand-up comedian, television personality, host, and actor
- Theo Waigel, German politician, known as the father of the Euro
- Theo Walcott, English footballer
- Theo Wease Jr., American football player
- Theo Zagorakis, Greek footballer and politician
- Theo, formerly known as Theoz, Swedish influencer and singer
- Theø, member of Italian band La Sad and formerly of Upon This Dawning
Fictional characters
- Theo, the self-proclaimed 'King of All the Land', protagonist of Ultra Jump Mania and Tari's first companion in the Meta Runner web series
- Theo Decker, main character in Donna Tartt's novel The Goldfinch
- Theo Faron, the main character in P.D. James's 1992 novel The Children of Men and of the 2006 film Children of Men based on the novel
- Theo (Celeste), a character in the video game Celeste
- Theo Fobius, in the webcomic Schlock Mercenary
- Theo Huxtable, in the sitcom The Cosby Show
- Theo, a character in the animated television series Looped
- Theo Kojak, lead character of the Kojak television series
- Theo Lion, a character from the children's television series Between the Lions
- Theo Raeken, a fictional character in the 2011-2017 TV series Teen Wolf
- Theo Saville, one of the main characters on the television series A Million Little Things, son of Eddie and Katherine