given name
A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person from the other members of a group (typically a fa ...
Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example:
*Feminine names:
Thea
Thea may refer to:
* Thea (name), a given name
* Ancient Greek term for goddess, including an alternative spelling of Theia
* ''Thea'', the former name of the tea plant genus, now included in ''Camellia''
* Thea, a village in the municipal unit Me ...
Theoxena Theoxena may refer to:
* Theoxena of Syracuse (born before 317 BC; died after 289 BC), a Greek Macedonian noblewoman
* Theoxena of Egypt ( 4th/3rd century BC), a Syracusan princess, daughter of Theoxena of Syracuse
* Theoxena of Thessaly (fl. 3rd/2 ...
*Masculine names:
Theodore
Theodore may refer to:
Places
* Theodore, Alabama, United States
* Theodore, Australian Capital Territory
* Theodore, Queensland, a town in the Shire of Banana, Australia
* Theodore, Saskatchewan, Canada
* Theodore Reservoir, a lake in Sask ...
Theodosius Theodosius ( Latinized from the Greek "Θεοδόσιος", Theodosios, "given by god") is a given name. It may take the form Teodósio, Teodosie, Teodosije etc. Theodosia is a feminine version of the name.
Emperors of ancient Rome and Byzantium
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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:
* Theobald, Theodahad,
Theodard
:''Theodard was also the murdered bishop Theodard of Maastricht.''
Saint Theodard (french: Théodard) (ca. 840–1 May, ca. 893) was an archbishop of Narbonne. He may have been born to the nobility and served as a subdeacon at a church counc ...
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 (1926-2019), German classical bass-baritone
* Theo Albrecht (1922–2010), German entrepreneur and billionaire
* Theo Angelopoulos (1935–2012), Greek filmmaker, screenwriter and film producer
* Theo Bos (born 1983), Dutch road and track cyclist, five-time world champion
* Theo van Doesburg (1883–1931), Dutch artist, founder and leader of the De Stijl art movement
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Theo Epstein
Theo Nathaniel Epstein (born December 29, 1973) is an American Major League Baseball executive, who currently works for MLB as a consultant. He was the vice president and general manager for the Boston Red Sox and then the president of baseball o ...
(born 1973), American baseball executive, three-time World Series champion
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Theo Fleury
Theoren Wallace "Theo" Fleury (born June 29, 1968) is a Canadian former professional ice hockey player, author, and motivational speaker. Fleury played for the Calgary Flames, Colorado Avalanche, New York Rangers, and Chicago Blackhawks of the ...
Theo Heemskerk
Theodorus "Theo" Heemskerk (20 July 1852 – 12 June 1932) was a Dutch politician of the Anti-Revolutionary Party (ARP) who served as Prime Minister of the Netherlands from 12 February 1908 until 29 August 1913.
Heemskerk is particularly known ...
(1852–1932), Dutch Prime Minister
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Theo Hernandez
Theo is a given name and a hypocorism.
Greek origin
Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example:
*Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...
(born 1997), French footballer
* Theo Hutchcraft (born 1986), English singer and songwriter
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Theo Jackson (disambiguation) Theo Jackson may refer to:
* Theo Jackson (musician) (born 1986), British jazz songwriter, pianist and vocalist
* Theo Jackson (American football) (born 1998), American football player
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, multiple people
* Theo James (born 1984), English actor
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Theo Jansen
Theodorus Gerardus Jozef Jansen (; born 14 March 1948) is a Dutch artist. In 1990, he began building large mechanisms out of PVC that are able to move on their own and, collectively, are titled ''Strandbeest''. The kinetic sculptures appear to ...
(born 1948), Dutch artist and kinetic sculptor
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Theo Janssen
Theo Janssen (born 27 July 1981) is a Dutch former footballer who played as a midfielder for various clubs in the Netherlands, including Vitesse Arnhem, Twente and Ajax, as well as on loan for Belgian club Genk. He spent 10 years with Vitesse ...
(born 1981), Dutch footballer
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Theo Jörgensmann
Theodor Franz Jörgensmann (born 29 September 1948) is a German jazz clarinetist.
Activities
Theo Jörgensmann belongs to the second generation of European free jazz musicians. He was part of the clarinet renaissance in the jazz and improvisin ...
(born 1948), German jazz clarinetist and composer
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Théo Lefèvre
Théodore Joseph Albéric Marie "Théo" Lefèvre (17 January 1914 – 18 September 1973) was a lawyer at the Ghent court of justice. In 1946 he became deputy of the Belgian parliament for the PSC-CVP. Between 25 April 1961 and 28 July 1965 he wa ...
(1914–1973), Belgian Prime Minister
* Theo Lingen (1903–1978), German actor, film director and screenwriter
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Theo Mackeben Relief from Mackeben's tombstone
Theo Mackeben, born 5 January 1897 in Preußisch Stargard, Westpreußen, died 10 January 1953 in Berlin, was a German pianist, conductor and composer, particularly of film music.Lamb A. Theo Mackeben. In: ''The Ne ...
(1897–1953), German composer and conductor
* Theo Osterkamp (1892–1975), German flying ace in both World War I and World War II
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Theo Pelouze
Theo is a given name and a hypocorism.
Greek origin
Many names beginning with the root "Theo-" derive from the Ancient Greek word ''theos'' (''θεός''), which means god, for example:
*Feminine names: Thea, Theodora, Theodosia, Theophania, ...
(1807–1867), French chemist
* Theo de Raadt (born 1968), South African-born Canadian founder and leader of the OpenBSD and OpenSSH projects
* Theo Ratliff (born 1973), American basketball player (Theophalus)
* Theo Rossi (born 1975), American actor and producer
* Théo van Rysselberghe (1862–1926), Belgian neo-impressionist painter
* Théo Sarapo (1936–1970), French singer and actor, husband of Édith Piaf
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Theo Smyrnaeus
Theon of Smyrna ( el, Θέων ὁ Σμυρναῖος ''Theon ho Smyrnaios'', ''gen.'' Θέωνος ''Theonos''; fl. 100 CE) was a Greek philosopher and mathematician, whose works were strongly influenced by the Pythagorean school of thought. Hi ...
(fl. 100 CE), Greek philosopher and mathematician (Theon)
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Theo Sommer
Theo Sommer (10 June 1930 – 22 August 2022) was a German newspaper editor and intellectual. He began working for ''Die Zeit'' in 1958, rising to an editor-in-chief and publisher. His editorials for ''Die Zeit'' shaped the paper's social-liber ...
(1930–2022), German newspaper editor and intellectual
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Theo Timmer
Theo Timmer (born 6 March 1949) is a former Grand Prix motorcycle road racer from the Netherlands. He had his best season in 1981 when he won the Czechoslovakian Grand Prix and finished the season in second place, behind Ricardo Tormo. In 1972 ...
(born 1949), Dutch motorcycle racer
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Theo Timmermans (footballer born 1926)
Theo Timmermans (4 January 1926 – 6 January 2004) was a Dutch footballer active from the mid-late 1940's. He played for 2 clubs starting at ADO '20 before joining Nîmes in 1949 and then moving back to ADO '20 in 1954. Timmermans wore the number ...
, Dutch footballer
* Theo Timmermans (born 1989), Dutch footballer
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Theo Von
Theodor Capitani von Kurnatowski (born March 19, 1980), known professionally as Theo Von, is an American stand-up comedian, podcaster, television personality, YouTuber, and actor. He is the host of the ''This Past Weekend'' podcast and former co- ...
(born 1980), American stand-up comedian, television personality, host, and actor
* Theo Waigel (born 1939), German politician, known as the father of the Euro
* Theo Walcott (born 1989), English footballer
* Theo Zagorakis (born 1971), Greek footballer and politician
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
''Meta Runner'' (known as ''Meta Runner: The Final Season'' for its third season) is an Australian adult computer-animated cyberpunk web series created by Kevin and Luke Lerdwichagul. It is produced by Glitch Productions, with production fun ...
'' 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
''The Children of Men'' is a dystopian novel by English writer P. D. James, published in 1992. Set in England in 2021, it centres on the results of Human extinction, mass infertility. James describes a United Kingdom that is steadily depopulat ...
'' and of the 2006 film ''
Children of Men
''Children of Men'' is a 2006 dystopian action thriller film co-written and directed by Alfonso Cuarón. The screenplay, based on P. D. James' 1992 novel '' The Children of Men'', was credited to five writers, with Clive Owen making uncredi ...
'' based on the novel
* Theo Fobius, in the webcomic ''Schlock Mercenary''
* Theo Kojak, lead character of the '' Kojak'' television series
* Theo Raeken, a fictional character in the 2011-2017 TV series ''
Teen Wolf
''Teen Wolf'' is a 1985 American coming-of-age romantic fantasy comedy film directed by Rod Daniel and written by Jeph Loeb and Matthew Weisman. Michael J. Fox stars as the title character, a high school student whose ordinary life is changed ...
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* Theo Saville, one of the main characters on the television series '' A Million Little Things'', son of Eddie and Katherine
See also
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Teo or TEO may refer to:
Arts and entertainment
* ''Teo'' (album), a 1957 album by Teo Macero and the Prestige Jazz Quartet
* "Teo", a song by Miles Davis from his 1961 album ''Someday My Prince Will Come''
* "Teo", a song by Thelonious ...
* THEO (Testing the Habitability of Enceladus's Ocean), a spacecraft mission to Enceladus