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Girl · Hungarian (literary coinage), Greek basis
Tímea
Say it: TEE-meh-aw
Meaning
Coined by Mór Jókai for the heroine of his novel Az arany ember (1872), probably from Greek Euthymia 'good spirits'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Created by Jókai and widely given in Hungary in the late 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 156 babies given this name since 1996
- At its height in 2015, about 1 in 148,500 girls
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Timea
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Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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