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Timotheus - Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Timotheus

[ syll. ti-mot-heu(s), tim-othe-us ] The boy name Timotheus is pronounced as TIHMahTDHYUWZ †. Timotheus is used predominantly in the German language and its origin is Old Greek. Timotheus is a variant of the name Timothy (English).

Timotheus is unusual as a baby boy name. It is listed outside of the top 1000. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly linked to Timotheus, Timothy was the most commonly used.

Baby names that sound like Timotheus include Timoteus (Scandinavian), Tymoteusz (Polish), and Timotheos (Greek).



† approx English pronunciation for Timotheus: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; IH as in "it (IH.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; DH as in "thee (DH.IY)" ; Y as in "yield (Y.IY.L.D)" ; UW as in "two (T.UW)" ; Z as in "zee (Z.IY)"


 
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