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Theo
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- Instance of
- male given name
- Said to be same as
- Teobald
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- given name version for other gender
- Thea
- different from
- Theo
- native label
- Theo
- writing system
- Latin script
- Soundex
- T000
- Cologne phonetics
- 2
- Caverphone
- T11111
- Commons category
- Theo (given name)
- language of work or name
- Dutch
- described by source
- Wiktionary
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- Greek origin
- Germanic origin
- People with the name Theo
- Fictional characters
- See also
- References
Theo is a given name and a hypocorism.
==Greek origin== Many names beginning with the root Theo- derive from the Ancient Greek word (), 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
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