Given name · Ancient Greek · Greek
Τιμόθεος
“to honour”·“god”
Τιμόθεος (Tīmótheos) is a masculine given name from Proto-Indo-European. It is used in Ancient Greek.
Ancient Greek and GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Timothy.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Τιμόθεος is built from elements meaning “to honour” and “god”.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Proto-Indo-European *kʷey-, built from Ancient Greek τῑμάω (“to honour”) + θεός (“god”).
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Τιμόθεος’s family of names
In Ancient Greek usage, Τιμόθεος shares a linguistic root with the Czech form Bohuslav. In Ancient Greek usage, Τιμόθεος has a conventional equivalent in the English form Timothy. In Ancient Greek usage, Τιμόθεος has a conventional equivalent in the Cebuano form Timoteo.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Τιμόθεος has relatives in 54 languages.
38 related names in 54 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 39
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- TimothyEnglish, Scots
- TimoteoTagalog, ceb
- TymoteuszPolish
- Tymofiyderivative · English
- TimotheusGerman, Welsh
- TimotheoSwahili, ia
- Τίμοςequivalent
- Timosequivalent
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- ТимофейRussian
- Тимофійderivative · Ukrainian
- Timoteiderivative · Romanian
- Timoyderivative · ceb
- Bohuslavcognate · Czech
- Timotheosequivalent
- KimokeoHawaiian
- TimóteüsWest Frisian
- TimoteusFinnish, Czech
- TimotejSlovene, Slovak
- TimoteuisScottish Gaelic
- TimòteuSicilian
- ТимотејSerbian
- TimóteoPortuguese
- TimótheoszHungarian
- TimoteüsDutch, zea
- TimotheüsLimburgish
- Laiškai TimotiejuiLithuanian
- TimotejamLatvian
- 디모테오Korean
- 提摩太書cdo
- 提摩太书Chinese
- TimoteuCatalan, Asturian
- TímóteusIcelandic
- TiomóidIrish
- テモテJapanese
- TimoteoseleEstonian
- TimothéeFrench
- TimozeozBreton
- ՏիմոթեոսArmenian
- تيموثاوسArabic
People named Τιμόθεος
- Saint Timothy1st century Christian evangelist, philosopher and bishop17–97
- Timothy II of AlexandriaPope of the Coptic church500–477
- Timotheus of MiletusGreek harpist and poet (c. 446 – 357 BC)449 BC–359 BC
- TimotheusGreek statesman and general (410–353 B.C.)
- Timothy I of AlexandriaPope of the Coptic Church350–384
- Timothy IV of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria450–535
- TimotheusGreek sculptor of the 4th century BC400 BC–339 BC
- Timothy SalophakiolosGreek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria500–482
- Timothy I of Seleucia-CtesiphonPatriarch of the Church of the East727–823
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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