Tymofiy
Greek at root, "honoring god", and carried in Poland almost entirely by Ukrainian families. It barely existed here before the 2020s: most Poles have never met one, and every boy given it is a recent arrival.
Tymofiy Pronunciation
Tymofiy is pronounced tih-MOF-yih (/tɨˈmɔfjɨ/).
What Tymofiy means
Where Tymofiy comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tymofiy comes from the Greek Timotheos, a compound of timē, honor, and theos, god. Read literally, that gives the short meaning it still holds: honoring god, in Polish czczący boga.
It is the Ukrainian form of the name Latin Christianity spread west as Timothy. The oldest bearer on record is the Timothy of the New Testament, the young companion whom Paul addressed in two surviving letters and, by later tradition, the first bishop of Ephesus. Through the Greek church the name moved east and settled into Ukrainian speech as Tymofiy.
The name has no diminutives here. On a Polish class register, set among Polish names, Tymofiy keeps its Ukrainian spelling and its four syllables. What stays constant under either spelling is the Greek root, the vow to honor god.
How many people are named Tymofiy
1 in 56322 men in Poland is named Tymofiy. 381 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1521 among male names.
Tymofiy's popularity over time
10 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #718 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2021.
Where parents choose Tymofiy
Tymofiy is most popular in Pomeranian, 144% above the national average (8 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Masovian (+141%) and Greater Poland (+109%). It is least common in Lesser Poland and Silesian, 60% and 21% below average respectively.
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Pomeranian
+144%1 in 18,415 babies
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Masovian
+141%1 in 18,646 babies
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Greater Poland
+109%1 in 21,524 babies
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Lesser Poland
−60%1 in 113,458 babies
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Silesian
−21%1 in 56,896 babies
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Pomeranian+144% 8 born1 in 18,415 babies+144%
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Masovian+141% 19 born1 in 18,646 babies+141%
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Greater Poland+109% 10 born1 in 21,524 babies+109%
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Lubusz+81% 2 born1 in 24,829 babies+81%
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West Pomeranian+60% 3 born1 in 28,142 babies+60%
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Silesian−21% 4 born1 in 56,896 babies−21%
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Lesser Poland−60% 2 born1 in 113,458 babies−60%