Given name · also Ukrainian
Tymofiy
Tymofiy is a masculine given name from Ukrainian, ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Original UkrainianТимофій
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Tymofiy comes from Ukrainian, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In English usage, Tymofiy developed from Τιμόθεος.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2024. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tymofiy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 8
- 8 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2024
- 8 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 8 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tymofiy’s family of names
In English usage, Tymofiy shares an earlier linguistic root with Timothy. In English usage, Tymofiy has a conventional equivalent in the Russian form Тимофей. In English usage, Tymofiy developed from the Ancient Greek form Τιμόθεος.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Tymofiy has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Tymofiy comes from · 1 name
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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