Given name
Timothea
“honoring God”·“one who honors God”
Timothea is a feminine form of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Timothea carries the interpretation “honoring God.” Timothea is a feminine form of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Timothea is used as a feminine counterpart of Timothy.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1940. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Timothea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 157
- 0 boys · 157 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1987. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 11 in 1973. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 233 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Timothea’s family of names
Timothea is a feminine form of Timothy. Timothea has a related form in Timotheah. Timothea has a related form in Timothia.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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