Behind the Name: Meaning, Origin and History of the Name Timothy

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TIMOTHY

GENDER: Masculine

USAGE: English, Biblical

PRONOUNCED: TIM-ə-thee (English) [key]

Meaning & History

From the Greek name Τιμοθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honouring God", derived from τιμαω (timao) "to honour" and θεος (theos) "god". Saint Timothy was a companion of Paul on his missionary journeys and was the recipient of two of Paul's epistles that appear in the New Testament. According to tradition, he was martyred at Ephesus after protesting the worship of Artemis. As an English name, Timothy was not used until after the Protestant Reformation.

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DIMINUTIVES: Tim, Timmy (English)

FEMININE FORM: Timotha (English)

OTHER LANGUAGES: Timoteus, Timotheos (Ancient Greek), Timotheos (Biblical Greek), Timotheus (Biblical Latin), Timotei (Bulgarian), Timotheus, Tim (Dutch), Timothée (French), Timotheus, Tim (German), Timoteo (Italian), Timotej (Macedonian), Timoti (Maori), Tymoteusz (Polish), Timoteo (Portuguese), Timotei (Romanian), Timofei, Timofey (Russian), Timotej (Slovak), Timotej, Tim (Slovene), Timoteo (Spanish)

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