Opinions on Theo, please!

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What are your opinions on Theo as a name?

If you have a Theo, what have you put on the birth certificate- Theo or Theodore? My brother is Alex and this is what is on his birth certificate, not Alexander, he has never wished for a longer name. So, I am tempted to stick with just Theo.

We already have a Sophie so I am right in thinking Sophie and Theo sound quite good together?

Many thanks.

It's a lovely name and goes very well with Sophie.

Lovely name. I also think it goes v well with Sophie.

I think Theo is fine, no need to use Theodore unless you really want to.

(I have a Thea, btw )

i to think sophie and theo go well, altho iam not sure y but always thought of theo as a chubby kids name!! do like it tho!

i'd love a Theo if someone would let me.

I have a Theo, and he is just that. It never really occurred to us to put Theodore on his birth certificate. I think it is a popular name in some areas but he's the only one I know around here but it may be different by the time he is at school I guess.

I think it goes well with Sophie btw.

Lovely.

I like it, stick with just Theo. Most boys have short names now or names which come from longer names eg Ben, Sam, Jack.

Lovely

Just use Theo on the birth cert too

Love it.

I love the name Theo... usually I'd say put Theodore on the bc- but it may be a little mean on him having 'Theodore' called out at every register/appointment etc. Go with Theo and a longer middle name?

LOVE it! and would just to with Theo

Thank you all for positive replies. DH is 75% there with the name so it looks like we have found a name for the little one!

I'd go for just Theo too, it's a lovely name but for me Theodore is a little less lovely. I know a Theodore and until I met his mum I assumed she must be American.

Great name - just register as Theo though

Theodore. I love Theodore. He can be Theo in RL.

I love Theo - DD2 would have been Theo if she was a DS

I love Theo on it's own and Theodore. It's definitely getting popular. I blame Theo Walcott! It was on our list if DD had been a boy, though.

Ahhhh I LOVE the name Theo, that was our boy choice for our DD that is due in August. I'll be saving it for the future though in case we have any boys.

Good choice! And just name him Theo-it's lovely on it's own, no Theodore...Theobald, bleergghh!

I love Theo and it goes well with Sophie too. I would choose Theo if I have a ds but it doesnt go with our surname!

I love Theo (it is on our list) but I also like Theodore so would probably put that on the birth certificate.

(btw, EvieBear and I must have the same taste in names!)

Sorry, just posted my own thread about Thea which we have just chosen for dd because I didn't want to hijack your thread, but I love Theo too. We are not using Dorothea (or Theodora) because they seem like a bit of a mouthful, but they have the same meaning as Theodore (gift of god) which is lovely.

I'm personally not that keen on Theodore because of Alvin and the Chipmunks.
However if it was me I wouldn't want to put just Theo on the birth certificate - how about something like Matheo?

lovely name was going to be our choice if dc was a boy x xx x

I like it and it's very cute with Sophie. I personally would put a full name on the bc, but that's just me. We never call DS anything but Sam, however his bc says Samuel. (Well, he occasionally gets the full SAMUEL ROBERT when he's naughty...so quite often in fact!)I like nn's for long names though, so it's just MO. Go with what you like. COngrats on your LO!

DS is "just" Theo - he's the only one we know, in our area and in nursery.

Lovely name!