Teo

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 12 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Teo is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• French given name45K records spelled Teo16 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, Spain, Belgium, United States

  Languages: French, Catalan

  Also written Téo, Tèo, Tėo, Tëo, Têo

• Croatian given name20K records spelled Teo66 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Croatia, Poland, Czechia, North Macedonia

  Languages: Croatian, Polish, Russian

  Also written Theo, Тео, Тэо, Teoh, Théo

• Indonesian given name7.2K records spelled Teo5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, Indonesia, Singapore, United States

  Also written Te'O, Téo, Tèo

• Finnish given name6.8K records spelled Teo7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Latvia, Sweden, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Teó, Tèo, Ṭèõ, Téo

• a separate given name3.6K records spelled Teo17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Malaysia, United States, Singapore

  Also written Teó, Tẽo, Tẹo, Teọ, Tëô

60 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Teo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Spanish, Abreviación de nombres griegos con Teo- (‘Dios’) o germánicos con Teo- (‘pueblo’).

  as a name·Diccionario etimológico de nombres propios

• In Irish, inflection of te (“hot, warm”):

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Indonesian, a Chinese Indonesian surname from Hokkien

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Estonian, genitive singular of tigu

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Vietnamese, to shrink, to shrivel

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 49 years between 1968–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Teo Ottob. 1904DEstage designer (1904–1968)
• Teo Usuellib. 1920ITItalian composer (1920–2009)
• Teo Macerob. 1925USAmerican jazz saxophonist, composer, and record producer (1925–2008)
• Teo Chee Heanb. 1954SGSingaporean politician
• Teodorico Fabib. 1955ITnot in their usual nameItalian racecar driver
• Teo Mammucarib. 1964ITItalian actor and television presenter
• Teo Trandafirb. 1968ROTV host
• Teo Olivaresb. 1990USAmerican actor
• Teo Gheorghiub. 1992CHSwiss actor and musician
• Teo Halmb. 1999USAmerican record producer, songwriter, singer, and actor

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 723 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Teo?

We estimate roughly 46 thousand people bear Teo (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Teo have the most bearers?

Teo is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled teo.

Where is Teo most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Teo is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 1.4 thousand people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Teo compared with other names?

In Argentina, Teo is the 709th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Teo a male or female name?

Teo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Teo mean?

Recorded meaning: Alternative form of Teos (“ancient Greek city”).