Tymoteusz
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- ti-mo-TEH-oosh
- Origin
- Greek
- UK rank, 2025
- #2,742 for boys
Tymoteusz is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “honouring God”. In 2025 it ranked 2,742nd for boys in the UK (8 babies).
What does Tymoteusz mean?
Greek: Polish form of Timothy
“honouring God”
The Polish form of Timothy, from Greek time, honour, and theos, god.
Is Tymoteusz a girl's or a boy's name?
Tymoteusz is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 8 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tymoteusz in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 2,742nd among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 8 about 1 in 37,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 67% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 8 boys in the UK were named Tymoteusz, making it the 2,742nd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 685th. Its busiest year was 2017, with 71 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Tymoteusz than any year since 2006.
Half of all the boys named Tymoteusz in the UK since 1996 were born between 2012 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 2,658th in England and Wales.
Tymoteusz in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 8 | #2,742 |
| 2024 | 32 | #1,025 |
| 2023 | 15 | #1,715 |
| 2022 | 34 | #971 |
| 2021 | 52 | #743 |
| 2020 | 56 | #685 |
| 2019 | 47 | #764 |
| 2018 | 64 | #627 |
| 2017 | 71 | #598 |
| 2016 | 43 | #822 |
| 2015 | 39 | #871 |
| 2014 | 46 | #756 |
| 2013 | 20 | #1,347 |
| 2012 | 44 | #801 |
| 2011 | 35 | #906 |
| 2010 | 41 | #803 |
| 2009 | 40 | #797 |
| 2008 | 31 | #947 |
| 2007 | 17 | #1,399 |
| 2006 | 1 | #5,377 |
| 2005 | 3 | #3,992 |
Nicknames for Tymoteusz
- Tymek
Names like Tymoteusz
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Sebastian, Theo, Theodore, Lucas, Luca, Tobias, Teddy, Leonardo, Noah, Elijah, Zachary, Henry
More Greek names
Sophia, George, Sofia, Alexander, Penelope, Phoebe, Margot, Luke, Chloe, Sophie, Zoe, Iris, Maisie, Lainey, Elena, Atlas
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tymoteusz: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tymoteusz, updated 20 October 2026.