Given name · also Latin
Timoteus
“honours/fears God”
Timoteus is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Swedish, Finnish, and Norwegian.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Timoteus goes back to Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος, meaning “honours/fears God.”
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Where it comes from
Timoteus comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From Latin Tīmotheus, from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (“honours/fears God”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Timoteus’s family of names
In Faroese usage, Timoteus has a conventional equivalent in the German form Timotheus. In Czech usage, Timoteus has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tymoteusz. In Czech usage, Timoteus has a conventional equivalent in the Ancient Greek form Τιμόθεος.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Timoteus
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