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I like the full name, but not the nickname Theo. I don't think I'd use Theodosia as a first name for that reason--even though the nickname may be avoidable, it's always a possibility.

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I'm not sure whether or not you know of this, or whether or not anyone else has already mentioned it, since I almost always post before reading the other responses, lest they color mine----but there was the historical personage Theodosia Burr, daughter and only child of Aaron Burr. He was very fond of and devoted to his daughter, and gave her an education unusual for a women at that time. She disappeared at sea at the tragically young age of twenty-nine, most likely died in a shipwreck. She had been emotionally devestated by the death of her only child, a son, and by the vicissitudes her father suffered.

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She was the subject of Anya Seton's first novel, "My Theodosia", which is historically accurate with one big exception (the romance with Merriweather Lewis). It's come back into print within the last few years, so if you're interested in the name, you may be interested in the person and the book. I know I would be.