Timofei
Timofey is a male Russian name derived from the Ancient Greek Timotheos (Τιμόθεος), meaning "honoring God". It is a Russian variant of the name Timothy.
- Russian
Meaning & Origin of Timofei
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Timofey is a male Russian name derived from the Ancient Greek Timotheos (Τιμόθεος), meaning "honoring God". It is a Russian variant of the name Timothy.
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Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Russian
The Story of Timofei
The earliest SSA record of Timofei as a baby boy name dates back to 2003, when 5 babies received it. 2012 was its biggest year on record, with 8 newborns named Timofei — #8,862 in the national rankings. About 56% of every Timofei on record arrived during the 2010s, its defining decade. Timofei last appeared in the published SSA data in 2023, with 5 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 34 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 2000s to the 2020s.
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Variants & Related Forms of Timofei
Foreign forms, alternate spellings, and nicknames that share roots with Timofei. Linked entries have a profile on Peek a Name.
Notable people named Timofei
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- Timofey Bancod (born 2009), Junior French Chess Champion
- Timofey Chalyy (born 1994), Russian athlete specialising in the 400 metres hurdles
- Timofey Granovsky (1813–1855), founder of medieval studies in the Russian Empire
- Timofey Khryukin (1910–1953), Soviet aviator
- Timofey Kiryanov (born 1970), Russian football player
- Timofey Kritsky (born 1987), Russian road cyclist
- Timofey Lapshin (born 1988), Russian biathlete
- Timofey Lebeshev (1905–1981), Soviet cinematographer
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Names that sound like Timofei
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About the name Timofei
Timofei is a boy baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 2003 and has accumulated 34 births in the dataset. Timofei's peak popularity came in 2012 when it ranked #8,862. Use the chart and map above to compare Timofei's trajectory across years and U.S. states, or browse the related names section to discover similar choices.
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Data sources
- Birth statistics (counts, ranks, years 1880–2026) — U.S. Social Security Administration . Predictions for years not yet released by SSA are computed by Peek a Name from historical trends; we update with official data as soon as it ships.
- Etymology, cultural origins, and related forms — Behind the Name (used under their public API terms).
- Meaning prose and editorial summary — Wikipedia article extracts, licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0 .
- Predicted nationality distribution — Nationalize.io .
- Phonetically similar names — Datamuse .
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