Given name & surname · also Slavic

Timotei

Timotei is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Timotei comes from Old Church Slavonic, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Romanian usage, Timotei developed from Τιμόθεος.

Timotei’s family of names

In Romanian usage, Timotei developed from the Ancient Greek form Τιμόθεος. In Romanian usage, Timotei has a conventional equivalent in the English form Timothy. In Romanian usage, Timotei has a conventional equivalent in the German form Timotheus.

Walk Timotei’s family in the name graph

TimoteiTimothyTimotheusΤιμόθεος

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People named Timotei

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Ancient Greek

Timoteu

Timoteu is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan.

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Ancient Greek

Timoteus

“honours/fears God”

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Ancient Greek

Titarev

“ktetor” · “ktitor”

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Ancient Greek

Timeu

Timeu is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.

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Ancient Greek

Timoy

“to honour” · “god”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Tiippana

Tiippana is a surname from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.

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Ancient Greek

Tarkkonen

Tarkkonen is a surname from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.

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Ancient Greek

Tym

“to honour” · “god”

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>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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