Timotheus is a boy's name of Greek origin meaning “one who honours God.” It is a rare choice in US records.
Timotheus at a glance
Gender
Boy name
Origin
Greek
Meaning
“one who honours God”
About the name Timotheus
Timotheus belongs to the Greek tradition. Its meaning — “one who honours God” — is the sense carried by its Greek roots, and it is the meaning we verified against published sources for this page.
In the United States, Timotheus first appears in Social Security records in 1971. It climbed to its best-ever rank of #3824 in 1980, and in 2024 0 babies received the name — 188 in total since 1880. Those are the official counts, not estimates.
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