Given name
Timothey
“one who honors God”
Timothey is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Timothey is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Timothey is a variant of Timothy. An origin associated with Timothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1949. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Timothey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 591
- 591 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1959
- 31 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 boys is 5 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 31 in 1959. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 307 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.
Timothey’s family of names
Timothey has a related form in Timothy. In French usage, Timothey has a conventional equivalent in the English form Timothy.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Timothey
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Timothey, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Timmy
“one who honors God”
>99% boys
Tim
“one who honors God” · “a respected man”
>99% boys
Rickey
“a powerful ruler”
>99% boys
Mickey
“who is like God?”
87% boys · 13% girls
Ted
“a gift from God” · “having heart”
>99% boys
Tom
“twin”
>99% boys
Tal
“covered with the morning's dew”
85% boys · 15% girls
Terence
“learned” · “instigator”
>99% boys