It is a Greek prefix meaning God. Apocope and affectionate way of calling men of the name Theophilus or Theodore. Teo is also one of the common names of a tree, which receives other names, such as: black yeowed, common yeowe, tiju, sabno, mataburros. Its scientific name is Taxus baccata and belongs to the family Taxaceae . Teo is a children's book character in Barcelona. Teo is the name of a Spanish village in the Province of La Coruña and an ancient village in Asia Minor near Izmir in present-day Turkey. .