Boy · Greek
Timothée
Say it: tee-moh-TAY
Meaning
From Greek Timotheos, from timē 'honour' and theos 'god'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
A biblical name popular in France since the 1990s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 256 babies given this name since 1975
- At its height in 2020, about 1 in 100,400 boys
- 17 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
| English | Timothy |
|---|---|
| Italian | Timoteo |
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.