Given name & surname · also Polish

Tym

“to honour”·“god”

Tym is a surname from Polish, ultimately from Ancient Greek. It is used in Polish.

Meaning & origin

What it means

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

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

Where it comes from

Tym comes from Polish, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

From Polish Tymoteusz, from Latin Tīmotheus, from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος, built from Ancient Greek τῑμάω (“to honour”) + θεός (“god”).

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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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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Ancient Greek

Timoy

“to honour” · “god”

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Ancient Greek

Timoteu

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

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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

Biblical Hebrew · Biblical

Aćim

“God raises up”

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>99% boys

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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Sibling ideas

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