Theo

Theo
Gender	male/female (mostly male)

Theo is a given name, deriving from the Greek word Theos which means God, short for many different names in which 'Theo-' is the first element, for example:

• Theodore
• Theodosius
• Theophilus
• Theophile
• Theodora
• Theodotus

Thea is a feminine given name of similar origin.

Many other names beginning with "theo" do not necessarily derive from Greek, but rather the old Germanic "theud" meaning "people" or "folk". As these names are not common today and in the ancient times they were not spelled with "theo" it is unlikely this nickname was ever applied to these individuals. These names include:

• Theodoric
• Theobald
• Theodahad
• Theodemir
• Thelonious
• Theodoret

Notable people named Theo

• Theo Adams (born 1989), British theatre artist
• Theo Albrecht (1922–2010), German businessman
• Theo Wade Brown, designer and engineer
• Theo de Raadt, founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects
• Theo Epstein (born 1973), president of the Chicago Cubs
• Theo Fleury, Canadian ice hockey player
• Theo Hutchcraft, English musician and lead singer of Hurts
• Theo Huxtable, the fictional son of Cliff Huxtable on the series The Cosby Show, played by Malcolm-Jamal Warner
• Theo Jansen, Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor
• Theo Kojak, fictional NYPD Detective.
• Theo Papaloukas (born 1977), Greek basketball player
• Theo Ratliff, an American professional basketball player (NBA)
• Theo van Gogh (1957–2004), Dutch film director
• Theo Vonkurnatowski, also known as Theo Von, reality TV star and comedian
• Theo Walcott, England and Arsenal footballer
• Theo Paphitis, British entrepreneur
• Theo Rasing (born 1953), Dutch physicist
• Theo Rossi (born 1975), American actor
• Theo Sarapo, (1936–1970) French actor and singer
• Theo James, English actor

Miscellaneous

• Theo Chocolate
• Theo (film), a 2013 film starring Dakota Johnson