Given name · Russian
Тимофей
“one who honors God”
Тимофей (Timoféj) is a masculine given name. It is used in Russian.
RussianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Timothy.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Тимофей goes back to Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος, meaning “one who honors God.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Тимофей’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Тимофей has a short form in Timo. In Russian usage, Тимофей has a conventional equivalent in the English form Timothy. In Russian usage, Тимофей has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Timoteo.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Тимофей has relatives in 19 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Тимофей comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 19
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Тимофей
- Timofey MozgovRussian basketball player (born 1986)
- Timofey GranovskyRussian historian (1813-1855)
- Timofey LapshinRussian biathleteborn 1988
- Timofey Skryabinboxerborn 1967
- Timofey Vasilyeverzya lawyer, public figure1897–1939
- Timofey KhryukinSoviet general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1910–1953)
- Tima BelorusskihBelarusian singer-songwriterborn 1998
- Timofey KritskyRussian road cyclistborn 1987
- Timofei DokschitzerRussian musician (1921-2005)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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