Tsimafei
A Slavic name meaning "honoring god". Only around 700 men in Poland carry it, and none were given it in the last two years: most Poles will never meet a Tsimafei.
Tsimafei Pronunciation
Tsimafei is pronounced tshee-mah-FE-ee (/tɕimaˈfɛi/).
What Tsimafei means
Where Tsimafei comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tsimafei is a Slavic name. It reaches us in Belarusian dress, the eastern spelling where the opening consonants settle into a soft ts. The meaning recorded for it is honoring god, and that sense has stayed steady across its long church history.
Across the border the same root stands as Tymoteusz, the Polish cognate. A teacher reading a class register in Białystok might slow over Tsimafei before setting it easily beside a familiar Tymek. The two forms differ in sound while holding one idea between them.
Honoring god is no buried root here. It is the plain, stated sense of the name, worn openly rather than decoded. For the boys who carried it in Belarusian parishes, the word did its work in a baptismal record and, later, an imieniny greeting. What lasts, past every respelling, is the Belarusian form Tsimafei and its meaning: honoring god.
How many people are named Tsimafei
1 in 32051 men in Poland is named Tsimafei. 666 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1148 among male names.
Tsimafei's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been climbing since 2025.