Entry № 10609 · Greek origin

Timothea Timothea — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ tee-moh-THEH-ah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Honoring God (Saint Timothea)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "honoring god (saint timothea)".

Timothea is from the Greek Τιμοθέα (Timothéa — honoring God, in honor of God) — from Greek timē (honor) + theos (God). Timothea is one of the Greek feminine names — central to traditional Greek Christian heritage.

Honoring God (Greek).

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Τιμοθέα

Transliteration: Timothéa
Pronunciation: / tiːmoʊˈθeɪ.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Timothea stands.

Timothea does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Timotheas before her.

Real people

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In fiction

Saint Timothy / Eunice + Lois

Saint Timothy first Bishop of Ephesus + companion of Apostle Paul + son of Eunice + grandson of Lois + recipient of First + Second Epistles to Timothy + three generations of women's faith.

c. 17 – 97 CE

Names connected to Timothea.

Numerology

The number behind Timothea.

The Leader

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Timothea reduce to 1, The Leader. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.