Given name & surname
Timoteo
“one who honors God”
Timoteo is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Timoteo is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Timoteo is a variant of Timothy. An origin associated with Timothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Spanish Timoteo, from Portuguese Timóteo.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1912. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Timoteo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,473
- 1,473 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2025
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 47
- #2,754 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +53%
- Rising fast
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 47 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 2,754 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 52.7% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Texas had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (11). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,364 as a first name in 2020; 667 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Timoteo’s family of names
In Cebuano usage, Timoteo has a diminutive in TIMONG. Timoteo shares a linguistic root with Timothy. In Spanish usage, Timoteo has a conventional equivalent in the German form Timotheus.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Timoteo has relatives in 9 languages.
9 related names in 9 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
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 12
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Timofeyequivalent
- Tymofiiequivalent
- TymoteuszPolish
- Timoteafeminine form · Italian
- TimotheusGerman
- ТимофейRussian
- ΤιμόθεοςAncient Greek
- Timotejequivalent
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People named Timoteo
- Timoteo VitiItalian renaissance painter (1469-1523)
- Timoteo Briet MontaudSpanish modernist architect (1859-1925)
- Timoteo Hikmat BeylouniVenezuelan bishop of Syriac Catholic Church1945–2026
- Timoteo MenéndezSalvadoran politician1780–1899
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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