Given name
Timofey
“one who honors God”
Timofey is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Timofey is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Timofey is a variant of Timothy. An origin associated with Timothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1994. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Timofey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 513
- 513 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2015
- 31 babies
- 2025
- 19
- #5,183 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −15%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 19 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,183 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 14.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 852 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Timofey’s family of names
Timofey has a related form in Timothy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Timoteoequivalent
- Tymofiiequivalent
- Tymoteuszequivalent
- Timotheusequivalent
- Timotejequivalent
- Tsimafeiequivalent
- Timoteusequivalent
- Timóteoequivalent
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People named Timofey
- 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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