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Name Timothy

Meaning:honoring GodTools:

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About the name Timothy in particular

Gender:male
Languages of use:English
Diminutives:Timmy
US 2021 rank:#200     ... 199:Amari, 200:Karter, 201:Timothy, 202:Abraham, 203:Jesse ...     Full US 2021 list
Similarly written:Timothe, Timothé, Thimothé, Timofey, Timotea, Timotej, Timoteo, Timothée     Details
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About Timotheus/Timotea, the group of names with the same origin as Timothy

Meaning/translation:honoring God
Language of origin:Old Greek
Info about origin, male:very popular in classic Greece
 known from Saint Timothy, a companion of Saint Paul on his missionary journeys (1st century AD)
Words:timao = to honor, to revere  Old Greek
 theos = God  Old Greek
Topics:New Testament
Variants' top ranks:1:Tim Switzerland/German 2007,  8:Timéo France 2012,  13:Timothy USA 1960-1969,  15:Timofey Moscow 2014,  27:Timothée Paris 2022,  32:Tymoteusz Warsaw 2014,  40:Timotej Slovenia 2009,  84:Timothe France 2012,  163:Timothé France 2002,  983:Timmy USA 1993
Somehow related to:Théotime
Old/original forms:Timotheos Old Greek, Timotheus Latin
Name variants:Timotea, Thimothé, Tim, Timeo, Timéo, Timmy, Timofey, Timotej, Timoteo, Timothe, Timothé, Timothée, Timotheus, Timothy, Tymoteusz   Sortable list   Details
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SeriesGraphRankings
Australia/NSWGraph2008 97,  2005 75,  2004 99,  2003 62,  2002 59,  2001 53
CanadaGraph2022 285,  2021 248
England+Wales decadesGraph1994 76,  1984 47,  1974 33,  1964 241954 40,  1944 77
Switzerland 1997 250
USA decadesGraph2010-2019 140,  2000-2009 82,  1990-1999 38,  1980-1989 26,  1970-1979 21,  1960-1969 13
USA prevalence 1990 27
USA yearlyGraph2022 203,  2021 200,  2020 193,  2019 188,  2018 165,  2017 164,  2016 153,  2015 147,  2014 135,  2013 125,  2012 120,  2011 123,  2010 115,  2009 110,  2008 107,  2007 99,  2006 93,  2005 84,  2004 79,  2003 76,  2002 70,  2001 67,  2000 58,  1999 49,  1998 49,  1997 43,  1996 40,  1995 40,  1994 39,  1993 38
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