Théo
A French form built on the Greek for "gift of god". It stays rare in Poland: barely a hundred people carry it, all of them male, though newborns are trickling in faster now than in years past.
Théo Pronunciation
What Théo means
Where Théo comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Théo begins in Greek. It is the front half of Theodoros, a compound of theos, god, and doron, gift. Read straight, the name means gift of god. French speakers clipped Théodore down to Théo, and the short form found its own footing.
Behind it stands a saint. Théodore of Amasea, a soldier and martyr, was honored across the early church, and his feast kept the fuller name alive for centuries. The trimmed French version is younger. In France, Théo climbed into the most common boys' names through the 1990s and stayed there.
A Polish teacher reading a class register might pause at the accent over the e. The mark is French, the root is Greek. What the child answers to is still doron, the gift, joined to theos, the god.
How many people are named Théo
1 in 180900 men in Poland is named Théo. 118 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #3113 among male names.
Théo's popularity over time
5 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #964 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2022.
Where Théo is most popular
Théo is most popular in Masovian, 510% above the national average (2 boys born 2019–2025).
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Théo as a middle name
Théo is a first name for 118 men in Poland and a middle name for another 19, an 86/14 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2092nd, between Suk (19) and Toan (19).
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#2090 Shah19
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#2091 Suk19
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#2092 Théo19
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#2093 Toan19
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#2094 Tochukwu19