Given name
Timothée
Timothée is a masculine given name. It is used in French and Norman.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
In French use, Timothée shares an earlier linguistic root with Timothy. An origin associated with Timothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Latin Timotheus, from Ancient Greek Τιμόθεος.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Timothée’s family of names
Timothée shares a linguistic root with Timothy. In French usage, Timothée has a conventional equivalent in the German form Timotheus. In French usage, Timothée has a conventional equivalent in the English form Timothy.
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Around the world
Timothée has relatives in 6 languages.
7 related names in 6 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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 Timothée
- Timothée ChalametFrench-American actor (born 1995)
- Timothée KolodziejczakFrench association football playerborn 1991
- Timothée AtoubaCameroonian footballerborn 1982
- Timothée PembéléFrench association football player (born 2002)
- Timothy II of ConstantinoplePatriarch of Constantinople1550–1620
- Timothée JordanFrench cricketer (1865-?)
- Timothée Modibo-NzockenaCongolese catholic priest (1950-2016)
- Timothée de FombelleFrench writerborn 1973
- Timothée MalendomaPrime Minister of the Central African Republic (1935-2010)
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