Theo Name Meaning, Origins & Popularity

Theo Forename

4,297^th

Most Common

name in the World

Approximately 244,813 people bear this name

Most prevalent in:

Germany

Highest density in:

Netherlands

Theo Forename Definition:

A diminutive of all the names in Theo-.

Theo Forename Distribution

Place	Gender	Incidence	Frequency	Rank in Area
Germany	100%	65,042	1:1,486	289
Netherlands	100%	51,202	1:330	50
Brazil	100%	27,024	1:7,928	956
United States	76%	16,546	1:21,911	1,706
DR Congo	98%	10,607	1:6,960	796
South Africa	98%	8,913	1:6,118	1,155
Belgium	100%	8,809	1:1,304	310
Rwanda	-	8,702	1:1,307	275
Ghana	100%	6,855	1:3,937	537
Indonesia	100%	4,379	1:58,909	7,222
Mozambique	-	4,320	1:6,306	1,134
Switzerland	100%	4,199	1:1,956	383
England	100%	3,186	1:17,452	1,159
Canada	100%	2,835	1:11,687	1,298
Madagascar	100%	2,418	1:9,772	1,594
Australia	-	2,253	1:6,062	735
France	100%	1,583	1:41,990	1,386
Botswana	70%	1,503	1:1,453	268
New Zealand	-	1,124	1:4,036	621
Togo	-	907	1:7,982	1,208
Saudi Arabia	-	874	1:35,255	4,434
Vietnam	63%	831	1:111,460	1,007
Thailand	100%	807	1:86,823	7,707
Papua New Guinea	96%	797	1:10,229	1,019
Liberia	99%	682	1:6,469	702
Greece	-	596	1:18,347	937
Nigeria	100%	544	1:326,405	11,820
Spain	100%	537	1:86,648	2,686
Egypt	-	434	1:211,753	7,640
Poland	90%	424	1:89,687	2,012
Austria	100%	387	1:22,001	954
Sweden	99%	371	1:26,571	1,700
Philippines	94%	315	1:336,538	12,702
Portugal	-	277	1:37,584	1,442
Congo	90%	265	1:18,903	1,991
Suriname	100%	263	1:2,102	491
Malawi	100%	254	1:67,371	4,127
Mali	-	221	1:76,822	3,384
Romania	100%	198	1:101,273	4,463
Ireland	93%	170	1:27,315	1,164
India	60%	164	1:7,407,793	247,350
Malaysia	66%	153	1:199,019	11,525
Namibia	-	151	1:15,922	1,575
Swaziland	-	128	1:10,158	1,360
Cameroon	100%	115	1:187,917	8,128
Scotland	98%	111	1:48,201	1,542
Czechia	100%	105	1:101,487	1,161
Kenya	-	105	1:441,020	12,983
Mexico	89%	100	1:1,241,444	9,135
China	-	96	1:14,229,748	59,959
Tanzania	56%	96	1:549,878	15,045
Denmark	-	94	1:60,101	2,136
Uganda	52%	88	1:465,420	11,126
Haiti	100%	85	1:126,199	6,630
Finland	100%	69	1:79,466	2,118
Norway	100%	68	1:75,475	2,710
Zambia	-	66	1:240,224	7,747
Wales	100%	65	1:47,605	1,705
Italy	98%	63	1:969,240	8,481
Bahrain	-	59	1:22,859	3,234
Kuwait	-	57	1:66,408	5,422
Hong Kong	-	51	1:152,014	3,072
Bahamas	-	47	1:8,497	1,088
Aruba	-	46	1:2,256	469
Dominican Republic	-	37	1:281,926	10,232
Cyprus	100%	36	1:24,197	1,408
Sudan	100%	36	1:1,050,194	2,907
Malta	-	34	1:12,628	1,146
Singapore	-	32	1:196,470	8,457
Trinidad and Tobago	100%	31	1:43,917	4,089
Jamaica	-	30	1:96,108	4,186
New Caledonia	100%	30	1:9,005	945
Slovenia	100%	30	1:81,959	2,631
Russia	100%	29	1:4,973,576	24,318
Chile	100%	28	1:628,829	6,934
Ethiopia	-	25	1:3,902,405	10,287
Sierra Leone	-	25	1:283,547	466
Peru	100%	21	1:1,513,879	17,250
Senegal	53%	21	1:694,350	7,738
Zimbabwe	83%	21	1:734,467	28,972
Liechtenstein	-	19	1:1,992	317
South Korea	-	19	1:291,812	9,421
Venezuela	100%	18	1:1,677,883	31,093
Ecuador	-	17	1:1,042,760	8,001
French Polynesia	-	16	1:17,369	1,803
Lesotho	91%	16	1:127,500	10,294
Libya	-	16	1:388,832	1,019
Turks and Caicos Islands	-	16	1:2,169	514
Israel	90%	15	1:560,195	10,411
Estonia	100%	14	1:93,956	4,008
Guyana	100%	14	1:54,519	4,997
Japan	-	13	1:9,845,081	34,731
Argentina	75%	12	1:3,564,437	10,379
Burkina Faso	50%	12	1:1,531,622	37,504
Ivory Coast	82%	10	1:2,307,593	50,152
Qatar	100%	10	1:236,960	22,379
Antigua and Barbuda	-	9	1:11,044	1,733
Bangladesh	-	9	1:17,717,930	19,122
Benin	100%	9	1:1,175,094	27,937
Burundi	-	9	1:1,100,729	1,050
Croatia	-	9	1:468,564	5,419
Gabon	-	9	1:209,260	2,118
Hungary	50%	9	1:1,087,975	2,994
Iceland	-	9	1:40,669	2,415
Afghanistan	100%	7	1:4,660,502	27,414
Greenland	-	7	1:8,053	908
Honduras	-	7	1:1,259,638	12,726
Jersey	-	7	1:14,283	1,073
Lebanon	-	7	1:803,939	7,854
Panama	-	7	1:558,080	14,722
Taiwan	100%	7	1:3,395,669	64,613
Turkey	100%	7	1:11,114,530	34,230
United Arab Emirates	-	7	1:1,021,713	39,786
Uruguay	-	7	1:489,662	6,003
Colombia	-	6	1:7,963,154	36,949
Guinea	-	6	1:1,976,441	4,482
Nicaragua	100%	5	1:1,203,667	14,616
Bermuda	-	4	1:16,206	1,525
Guernsey	-	4	1:15,833	609
Kazakhstan	100%	4	1:4,436,711	24,678
Luxembourg	100%	4	1:141,012	2,772
Micronesia	-	4	1:26,625	714
Morocco	-	4	1:8,587,159	11,086
Serbia	-	4	1:1,786,430	6,903
Somalia	-	4	1:3,381,467	5,208
Wallis and Futuna	-	4	1:3,382	74
Northern Ireland	100%	3	1:614,382	2,910
Bolivia	-	3	1:3,533,801	5,917
Georgia	-	3	1:1,246,155	15,822
Pakistan	-	3	1:64,785,893	186,184
Albania	100%	2	1:1,523,285	33,816
Algeria	-	2	1:19,088,360	22,377
Belize	-	2	1:177,154	5,935
Bulgaria	-	2	1:3,495,195	19,668
Cambodia	-	2	1:8,136,665	51,498
Cayman Islands	-	2	1:30,650	1,815
Costa Rica	100%	2	1:2,383,974	18,662
Guatemala	-	2	1:8,054,214	10,362
Lithuania	-	2	1:1,475,941	3,949
Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	100%	2	1:55,790	4,636
United States Virgin Islands	-	2	1:54,874	3,819
Angola	-	1	1:26,966,606	7,835
Anguilla	-	1	1:13,255	1,687
Armenia	-	1	1:2,918,753	14,910
Barbados	-	1	1:289,789	3,893
Belarus	100%	1	1:9,482,384	20,892
Bosnia and Herzegovina	-	1	1:3,524,458	8,651
Cape Verde	-	1	1:529,151	6,361
Central African Republic	-	1	1:4,515,390	1,073
Chad	-	1	1:13,598,398	15,363
East Timor	-	1	1:1,218,375	811
El Salvador	-	1	1:6,341,786	16,428
Equatorial Guinea	-	1	1:1,137,689	1,044
Fiji	-	1	1:892,378	3,968
Gambia	-	1	1:1,926,596	1,391
Gibraltar	-	1	1:34,138	985
Grenada	-	1	1:108,125	4,208
Guam	-	1	1:160,646	3,210
Iraq	-	1	1:35,017,859	22,933
Isle of Man	-	1	1:85,023	723
Jordan	100%	1	1:8,826,774	11,126
Kyrgyzstan	-	1	1:5,973,277	46,622
Latvia	-	1	1:2,015,645	6,531
Macau	-	1	1:608,209	2,350
Marshall Islands	100%	1	1:51,230	5,014
Mauritius	-	1	1:1,297,784	13,721
Moldova	-	1	1:3,561,139	8,690
Monaco	100%	1	1:38,466	2,379
Mongolia	-	1	1:2,934,814	16,205
Myanmar	-	1	1:51,948,273	3,226
Nepal	-	1	1:28,487,352	119,417
Niger	-	1	1:19,183,994	77,442
Oman	-	1	1:4,108,667	12,526
Palau	-	1	1:21,711	239
Paraguay	100%	1	1:7,236,805	16,549
Puerto Rico	-	1	1:3,550,301	10,040
Saint Kitts and Nevis	-	1	1:54,861	2,604
Saint Lucia	100%	1	1:177,815	8,104
Saint Martin	-	1	1:35,746	277
Slovakia	-	1	1:5,310,063	9,949
Sri Lanka	-	1	1:20,799,087	16,824
Tonga	-	1	1:107,436	779
Transnistria	-	1	1:475,638	2,115
Ukraine	-	1	1:45,499,908	32,056
Uzbekistan	-	1	1:30,786,440	17,476
Vanuatu	-	1	1:261,792	1,604

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The alternate forms: Thèo (81) are calculated separately.

Theo (10,794) may also be a surname.

Theo Forename Meaning

From Where Does The Surname Originate? ^{meaning and history}

A diminutive of all the names in Theo-.

— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge

A male name derived from Theophilus or Theodore. Couf. the French surname Théo.

— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock

User-submitted Reference

The name Theo comes from the Greek word θεός (theós), meaning 'God'.

- otheopaco

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Theo Forename Popularity

Theo Demographics

Theo Religious Adherence
in Ireland

Sample size: 9 (1901)

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Phonetically Similar Names

Forename	Similarity	Worldwide Incidence	Prevalency
Thèo	92	81	/
Theoh	89	29	/
Thieo	89	15	/
Theoa	89	8	/
Theao	89	8	/
Theou	89	8	/
Theho	89	6	/
Theeo	89	5	/
Theoi	89	4	/
Theoo	89	3	/
Ttheo	89	2	/
Theoj	89	1	/
Teo	86	134,985	/
Theoph	80	10	/
Theous	80	4	/
Theoch	80	1	/
Thehoa	80	1	/
Theiio	80	1	/
Theyyo	80	1	/
Thieho	80	1	/
Theodz	80	1	/
Theois	80	1	/
Theott	80	1	/
Theoup	80	1	/
Theoid	80	1	/
Thio	75	8,657	/
Teoh	75	3,028	/
Tiho	75	952	/
Teho	75	252	/
Tieo	75	245	/
Tjho	75	110	/
Teou	75	59	/
Teao	75	50	/
Teos	75	47	/
Teod	75	32	/
Teot	75	31	/
Teop	75	22	/
Thyo	75	18	/
Teoo	75	17	/
Teoy	75	17	/
Teeo	75	16	/
Teoa	75	10	/
Te'o	75	7	/
Teoi	75	7	/
Thjo	75	3	/
Teoś	75	1	/
Teoš	75	1	/
Theá	75	1	/
Tyho	75	1	/
Teoz	75	1	/
Teoj	75	1	/
Tgeo	75	1	/
Thegioi	73	5	/
Thehost	73	3	/
Tahieho	73	3	/
Theoits	73	2	/
Theaoph	73	1	/
Thieoha	73	1	/
Theoist	73	1	/
Tahieou	73	1	/
Tieho	67	4,539	/
Teijo	67	3,196	/
Tjhoa	67	239	/
Tejjo	67	183	/
Tjhoi	67	161	/
Theah	67	41	/
Tihou	67	37	/
Teiyo	67	37	/
Tehoi	67	33	/
Thioe	67	26	/
Tihot	67	24	/
Tehou	67	16	/
Theea	67	15	/
Teeho	67	14	/
Tejho	67	12	/
Thiea	67	12	/
Theha	67	8	/
Tieou	67	8	/
Thioh	67	8	/
Tajho	67	7	/
Theaa	67	7	/
Thoja	67	6	/
Tyohe	67	5	/
Tejyo	67	5	/
Tegio	67	4	/
Tieoh	67	4	/
Teheu	67	3	/
Thijo	67	3	/
Teyyo	67	3	/
Teooy	67	3	/
Tyhoa	67	3	/
Théos	67	2	/
Tijho	67	2	/
Tihoa	67	2	/
Tihoi	67	2	/
Thiho	67	2	/
Tejio	67	2	/
Teodz	67	2	/
Tehoo	67	2	/
Thioy	67	2	/
Teoss	67	1	/
Teotz	67	1	/
Teoch	67	1	/
Thhea	67	1	/
Thiae	67	1	/
Thiod	67	1	/
Teeoh	67	1	/
Tehho	67	1	/
Te'uo	67	1	/
Teaou	67	1	/
Tahío	67	1	/
Tihos	67	1	/
Tihoy	67	1	/
Thjea	67	1	/
Thjeu	67	1	/
Thjoy	67	1	/
Thyae	67	1	/
Tyhou	67	1	/
Tyoho	67	1	/
Tthéo	67	1	/
Tuhea	67	1	/
Tyahe	67	1	/
Tteoh	67	1	/
Tthyo	67	1	/
Tihoo	67	1	/
Tehoj	67	1	/
Teeoi	67	1	/
Teeop	67	1	/
Teooh	67	1	/
Teodt	67	1	/
Thjod	67	1	/
Dteoh	67	1	/
Dtgeo	67	1	/

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Footnotes

First names are taken from the first part of an person's personal name. That is, not their inherited name(s), i.e. their surname(s). The first name includes particles, but not middle names
Descriptions may contain details on the name's etymology, origin, ethnicity and history. They are largely reproduced from 3rd party sources; diligence is advised on accepting their validity - more information
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Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Theo