Timoteo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tee-moh-TAY-oh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #2,718 for boys
Timoteo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “honouring God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,718th for boys in the US (47 babies).
What does Timoteo mean?
Greek: Spanish and Italian form of Timothy
“honouring God”
The Spanish and Italian form of Timothy, from Greek time 'honour' and theos 'god'.
Is Timoteo a girl's or a boy's name?
Timoteo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 47 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Timoteo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #2,718among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 47about 1 in 36,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Risingup 70% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 47 boys in the US were named Timoteo, making it the 2,718th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 3,808th. It first appears in the records in 1912.
It has been given to more boys each year for the last 3 years. 2025 had the most boys named Timoteo of any year since it first appeared, in 1912.
Half of all the boys named Timoteo in the US since 1880 were born between 1947 and 2011, the years shaded on the chart below.
Timoteo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 47 | #2,718 |
| 2024 | 41 | #3,000 |
| 2023 | 33 | #3,472 |
| 2022 | 18 | #5,211 |
| 2021 | 29 | #3,736 |
| 2020 | 27 | #3,808 |
| 2019 | 19 | #4,947 |
| 2018 | 25 | #4,090 |
| 2017 | 16 | #5,522 |
| 2016 | 23 | #4,326 |
| 2015 | 20 | #4,709 |
| 2014 | 19 | #4,862 |
| 2013 | 16 | #5,400 |
| 2012 | 15 | #5,714 |
| 2011 | 21 | #4,507 |
| 2010 | 14 | #6,032 |
| 2009 | 20 | #4,746 |
| 2008 | 8 | #9,013 |
| 2007 | 15 | #5,658 |
| 2006 | 16 | #5,299 |
| 2005 | 16 | #5,029 |
| 2004 | 16 | #5,002 |
| 2003 | 12 | #5,870 |
| 2002 | 16 | #4,697 |
| 2001 | 13 | #5,383 |
| 2000 | 18 | #4,198 |
| 1999 | 10 | #6,036 |
| 1998 | 23 | #3,292 |
| 1997 | 13 | #4,663 |
| 1996 | 18 | #3,672 |
| 1995 | 12 | #4,785 |
| 1994 | 16 | #3,905 |
| 1993 | 26 | #2,691 |
| 1992 | 14 | #4,106 |
| 1991 | 15 | #3,806 |
| 1990 | 12 | #4,401 |
| 1989 | 12 | #4,265 |
| 1988 | 16 | #3,198 |
| 1987 | 13 | #3,516 |
| 1986 | 8 | #4,848 |
| 1985 | 10 | #4,047 |
| 1984 | 13 | #3,268 |
| 1983 | 12 | #3,410 |
| 1982 | 12 | #3,481 |
| 1981 | 14 | #3,028 |
| 1980 | 16 | #2,830 |
| 1979 | 9 | #4,066 |
| 1978 | 9 | #3,855 |
| 1977 | 16 | #2,664 |
| 1976 | 14 | #2,825 |
| 1975 | 8 | #3,939 |
| 1974 | 17 | #2,356 |
| 1973 | 6 | #4,503 |
| 1972 | 12 | #2,817 |
| 1971 | 12 | #2,811 |
| 1970 | 16 | #2,292 |
| 1969 | 11 | #2,681 |
| 1968 | 8 | #3,106 |
| 1967 | 9 | #2,759 |
| 1966 | 0 | – |
| 1965 | 6 | #3,535 |
| 1964 | 7 | #3,281 |
| 1963 | 8 | #3,043 |
| 1962 | 7 | #3,303 |
| 1961 | 8 | #3,095 |
| 1960 | 9 | #2,869 |
| 1959 | 8 | #3,036 |
| 1958 | 9 | #2,816 |
| 1957 | 5 | #3,991 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 5 | #3,884 |
| 1954 | 12 | #2,315 |
| 1953 | 13 | #2,185 |
| 1952 | 7 | #3,092 |
| 1951 | 10 | #2,493 |
| 1950 | 9 | #2,579 |
| 1949 | 7 | #3,018 |
| 1948 | 8 | #2,787 |
| 1947 | 11 | #2,355 |
| 1946 | 11 | #2,270 |
| 1945 | 9 | #2,392 |
| 1944 | 14 | #1,889 |
| 1943 | 0 | – |
| 1942 | 7 | #2,939 |
| 1941 | 9 | #2,491 |
| 1940 | 11 | #2,179 |
| 1939 | 10 | #2,288 |
| 1938 | 7 | #2,868 |
| 1937 | 11 | #2,197 |
| 1936 | 8 | #2,628 |
| 1935 | 12 | #2,127 |
| 1934 | 10 | #2,393 |
| 1933 | 11 | #2,213 |
| 1932 | 11 | #2,313 |
| 1931 | 10 | #2,470 |
| 1930 | 27 | #1,399 |
| 1929 | 14 | #2,095 |
| 1928 | 9 | #2,842 |
| 1927 | 19 | #1,796 |
| 1926 | 8 | #3,137 |
| 1925 | 14 | #2,192 |
| 1924 | 15 | #2,132 |
| 1923 | 14 | #2,223 |
| 1922 | 9 | #3,013 |
| 1921 | 14 | #2,264 |
| 1920 | 8 | #3,207 |
| 1919 | 6 | #3,735 |
| 1918 | 12 | #2,397 |
| 1917 | 8 | #2,955 |
| 1916 | 14 | #2,042 |
| 1915 | 5 | #3,824 |
| 1914 | 6 | #2,914 |
| 1913 | 0 | – |
| 1912 | 6 | #2,268 |
Nicknames for Timoteo
Names like Timoteo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theo Eliseo Sebastian Alexander Mateo Leandro Emilio Alejandro Valentino Theodore Leonardo Aurelio
Names related to Timoteo
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Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Timoteo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/timoteo, updated 20 October 2026.