Timothea
Timothea is a name with multiple cultural origins: Ancient Greek, Greek.
- Ancient Greek
- Greek
Meaning & Origin of Timothea
What this name means, where it came from, and how it has traveled across cultures.
Timothea is a name with multiple cultural origins: Ancient Greek, Greek.
Origin data from Behind the Name .
Cultural Origins (via Behind the Name)
- Ancient Greek
- Greek
The Story of Timothea
The earliest SSA record of Timothea as a baby girl name dates back to 1940, when 5 babies received it. 1973 was its biggest year on record, with 11 newborns named Timothea — #4,869 in the national rankings. About 42% of every Timothea on record arrived during the 1970s, its defining decade. Timothea last appeared in the published SSA data in 1987, with 6 recorded births — it has not charted nationally since. All told, over 157 Americans have carried the name since 1880, from the 1940s to the 2020s.
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About the name Timothea
Timothea is a girl baby name tracked by the U.S. Social Security Administration. It first appeared in SSA records in 1940 and has accumulated 157 births in the dataset. Timothea's peak popularity came in 1973 when it ranked #4,869. Use the chart and map above to compare Timothea'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 .
Peek a Name aggregates and presents the above data for informational purposes. Statistical predictions and external attributions are clearly labelled where shown; we make no guarantee of accuracy beyond what each source provides.