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I think Teo only works if you're a non-English speaker. On an English speaker it feels pretentious and snotty, like you're trying too hard to be different.
I wouldn't even be sure how to say Teo. Tee-O, like Theo, which is much more familiar to English speakers? Or Tay-O, which is so far from the way Theodore is pronounced in English?

Hi !!!

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I pronounce Theodore as in English but Theo alone as tay-o.

I guess if it's a nn for Theodore then I'd pronounce it like Theo without the h.

I've only heard it pronounced TAY-o, where I live. It's cute.

Nooo this is my favourite name and it's getting so popular, and Teo is the nn we would use! LOL every time I see someone mention I want to be like no, it's awful, please don't make it more popular. But unfortunately I'm an honest sort, and what I really think is that Theodore is a very handsome, yet approachable, name.

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I actually like both Theo and Teo, but one side of my family is French and we'd ideally enroll any children in a French school, so we'd use the pronunciation 'tay-o' for consistency, regardless of whether we went with the Theo or Teo spelling (I'm undecided).

On first sight, without any context I'd say TAY-o. I don't like Teo much. It looks incomplete without the H.

Depends how you're pronouncing Theodores. I probably would pronounce it Tee-oh based on where I live and the fact that I'm accustomed to the Thee-oh pronunciation.

I would pronounce tay-aw but I am not English speaker