Given name · also English

Timoy

“to honour”·“god”

Timoy is a masculine given name from English, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Cebuano.

Meaning & origin

What it means

Timoy is built from elements meaning “to honour” and “god”.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Timoy comes from English, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

In Cebuano usage, Timoy is a diminutive of Timothy. In Cebuano usage, Timoy developed from Timotheus.

Timoy’s family of names

In Cebuano usage, Timoy is a diminutive of Timothy. In Cebuano usage, Timoy developed from the Latin form Timotheus. In Cebuano usage, Timoy developed from the English form Timothy.

Walk Timoy’s family in the name graph

TimoyTimothyTimoteoTimmoyTimotheusΤιμόθεος

Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.

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Around the world

Timoy has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.

Ancient GreekCebuano

Ancient Greekwhere Timoy comes from · 1 name

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Nicknames & forms 3

Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.

Across languages 2

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

Similar names

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Ancient Greek

Timeu

Timeu is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Tym

“to honour” · “god”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Timoteu

Timoteu is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Catalan.

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Timotei

Timotei is a masculine given name from Old Church Slavonic, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Romanian.

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98% boys · 2% girls

Ancient Greek

Timoteus

“honours/fears God”

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>99% boys

Ancient Greek

Tiippana

Tiippana is a surname from Russian, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Finnish.

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Ancient Greek

Titarev

“ktetor” · “ktitor”

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Ancient Greek

Tryphon

Tryphon is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek. It is used in Latin.

No U.S. birth series

>99% boys

Sibling ideas

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