Given name
Timotheos
“one who honors God”
Timotheos is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Timotheos is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Timotheos is a variant of Timothy. An origin associated with Timothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
Timotheos’s family of names
Timotheos has a related form in Timothy. In German usage, Timotheos has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Тимофей.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Timoteoequivalent
- Timofeyequivalent
- Tymofiiequivalent
- Tymoteuszequivalent
- Timotheusequivalent
- Τιμόθεοςequivalent
- Timotejequivalent
- Timoteusequivalent
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People named Timotheos
- Saint Timothy1st century Christian evangelist, philosopher and bishop17–97
- Timothy II of AlexandriaPope of the Coptic church500–477
- Timotheus of MiletusGreek harpist and poet (c. 446 – 357 BC)449 BC–359 BC
- TimotheusGreek statesman and general (410–353 B.C.)
- Timothy I of AlexandriaPope of the Coptic Church350–384
- Timothy IV of AlexandriaPatriarch of Alexandria450–535
- TimotheusGreek sculptor of the 4th century BC400 BC–339 BC
- Timothy SalophakiolosGreek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria500–482
- Timothy I of Seleucia-CtesiphonPatriarch of the Church of the East727–823
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