Given name · ru-old · zle-ort
Тимоѳей
“one who honors God”
Тимоѳей (Timoféj) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Old Ruthenian.
ru-old and zle-ortWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Timoféj.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Тимоѳей goes back to Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος, meaning “one who honors God.”
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Where it comes from
Тимоѳей comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Old East Slavic Тимоѳеи, from Old Church Slavonic Тимоѳеи, from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος.
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Тимоѳей’s family of names
In Old Ruthenian usage, Тимоѳей has a diminutive in Тимо́хъ. In Old Ruthenian usage, Тимоѳей can be written in the Roman alphabet as Timoféj. In Old Ruthenian usage, Тимоѳей has a related form in Тимо́фтїи.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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