Timofiy as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Timofiy

What is the meaning of the name Timofiy ?

The baby name Timofiy is a Male name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced tih-MOH-fee (English approximation); Ukrainian IPA: [tɪmoˈfij].

Timofiy is Greek in Origin.

Timofiy is the Ukrainian form of a name that traces to Greek Timotheos, from timáō “to honor” and theos “God,” hence “honoring God.” Through the early Church and the veneration of Saint Timothy of Ephesus, the name spread across the Greek- and Latin-speaking worlds, entering Kyivan Rus’ via Byzantine Christianity. It persisted in ecclesiastical records and village naming in the Eastern Slavic lands, later seeing periodic revivals tied to Orthodox calendars and, more recently, a broader return to traditional Ukrainian forms.

Variants include Ukrainian Tymofii/Tymofiy (Тимофій), Russian Timofey (Тимофей), Belarusian Tsimafei (Цімафей), Polish Tymoteusz, Czech/Slovak Timotej, Romanian Timotei, and English Timothy; the learned Latin is Timotheus, and the Greek original is Timotheos. Common nicknames are Tima, Timko, and Tim. Usage today in Ukraine is modest but rising, favored for its pan-European familiarity paired with Ukrainian identity.

⚙ Timofiy is vanishingly rare. We hold just 1 recorded use of it, from 1 country.