Given name

Timoteüs

“honor God”

Timoteüs is a masculine given name from Latin. It is used in Dutch.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Timoteüs goes back to Latin Timotheus, meaning “honor God.”

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Where it comes from

Timoteüs comes from Latin.

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How it developed

From Latin Timotheus.

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Timoteüs’s family of names

In Dutch usage, Timoteüs has a conventional equivalent in the German form Timotheus. In Dutch usage, Timoteüs has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tymoteusz. In Dutch usage, Timoteüs has a conventional equivalent in the Ancient Greek form Τιμόθεος.

Walk Timoteüs’s family in the name graph

TimoteüsTímoteusTymoteuszTimotheusΤιμόθεος

Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Timoteüs has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.

Latin

3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.

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Spellings & scripts 1

The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.

Across languages 3

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

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Ancient Greek

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Ancient Greek

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Latin

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Ancient Greek

Dorotheus

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Ancient Greek

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