Timothy

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Timothy, Latinized Timothy, is a male given name.

Origin and significance
The name is composed of the ancient Greek words “appreciate”, “honor” and “God” and means “fear God!” or “honor God!” or “honor God”.

From this are derived as an expression of the fear of God the pietistic names “honor God” and “fear God”.

Dissemination
The name Timothy is primarily common in Germany and Austria, but very rarely there. Between 2006 and 2018, it was awarded only about 110 times in Germany.

Variants

Male variants

Belarusian:
in Bulgarian:
in German: Timotheus
Diminutive: Tim, Timo
English: Timothy
Diminutive: Tim
in French: Timothé, Timothée
in Greek:
in Italian: Timoteo
Latin: Timothy
Church Slavic:
in Maorish: Timoti
in Macedonian:
in Dutch: Timotheus
Diminutive: Tim, Timo
in Polish: Tymoteusz
Diminutive: Tymek
in Portuguese: Timóteo
in Romanian: Timotei
Russian:
in Slovak: Timotej
in Slovenian: Timotej
Diminutive: Tim
Spanish: Timoteo
Ukrainian:

Female variants

in German: Timothea
English: Timotha
in Greek:
in Slovenian: Timoteja

Name days

January 26: to Timothy, Paul's collaborator
August 22: to Timothy, Martyrs

Well-known namesakes
Timothy
Timothy of Miletus, Greek poet and musician in the 5th century BC.
Timothy (Statesman), Athenian statesman; 354 BC.
Timothy of Herakleia, son of Clearchus, from 352 BC. Ruler of Herakleia Pontike
Timothy (poet of the Middle Comedy), Athenian poet of the Middle Comedy
Timotheos (Poet of the New Comedy), Poet of the New Comedy
Timothy (theologian), Athenian theologian of the 4th century BC, advised Ptolemy I on the introduction of the serapis cult
Timothy (sculptor), co-builder of the mausoleum of Halicarnassus in the 4th century BC.
Timothy (Ammon), Ammonite general in the Maccabean wars
Timothy I (Constantinople), Patriarch of Constantinople 511–517
Timothy II Ailuros, 457–460 and 475–477 Patriarch of Alexandria
Timothy II (Catholic) († around 1332) Catholicos of the East Syrian Church of the East
Timothy II of Cyprus (1622) Archbishop
Timothy II (Constantinople) (1612–1620) Patriarch
Timothy III Salophakiolos, 477–482 Patriarch of Alexandria
Timothy IV, 517–535 Patriarch of Alexandria
Timothy of Gaza, grammarian of the 5th and 6th Century
Timothy (Patriarch) (780–823), East Syrian Patriarch

Timothy
Timothy (bishop), collaborator of the apostle Paul and bishop in the 1st century AD.
Timotheus Compenius (* around 1550; † around 1608), German organist and organ maker
Timotheus Eberhard von Bock (1787–1836), Baltic German nobleman and dissident
Timotheus Höttges (* 1962), German manager
Timothy Kirchner (1533–1587), German Lutheran theologian
Timotheus Lütkemann (1671–1738), German Lutheran theologian
Timothy Christian Wilhelm