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Whether the form "Teo-" or "Theo-" occurs in English will depend on where the name is borrowed from in that particular instance. English is one of the rare languages where the "th" phoneme occurs. Most other European languages lost it or never had it (not even all Greek dialects used it). Note that in English there was a period where French trained scribes would have avoided it, even if native English speakers still used it in a name.

This message was edited 8/2/2021, 9:17 PM

Yes, I would say so! :) (edited)

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You just edited your message, and put in different question. The message was originally something along the lines of:

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To that, I would say so, yes.

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Now your message reads:

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There might possibly be certain African influences and nuances on the English spoken in the relevant countries on the African continent. If that is indeed the case, then I am not aware of them, but they do make the matter less straightforward. It could then be that the loss of the -h- in Greek Theo- is due to those African influences instead. It's difficult to say. Since I am unlikely to find out anything about that anytime soon, for now I will just err on the side of caution and say that in English in general, Teopista is indeed a variant of Theopista.

This message was edited 7/31/2021, 7:42 PM