Teotym
From Greek theos and timao: to honour god, a meaning that sits on the surface with no diminutive to soften it. Vanishingly rare, so a boy given it is usually the only Teotym anyone in school will ever meet.
Teotym Pronunciation
Teotym is pronounced te-O-tihm (/tɛˈɔtɨm/).
What Teotym means
Where Teotym comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Teotym comes from Greek. It joins theos, meaning god, and timao, the verb for honouring or holding someone in esteem. Together they give the sense that Polish records still keep: czczący boga, honouring god. The Greek form Theotimos carried that same meaning long before the name reached Polish parish books.
The name stays rare in Poland. A boy called Teotym is usually the only one on the school register.
No diminutive has fixed itself to it, no softened everyday version. Teachers and classmates use the full four syllables. The name resists shortening.
What it means has not drifted. Where Katarzyna picked up the sense of purity centuries after it was coined, Teotym still says what its parts say. To honour god. The meaning sits on the surface, plain to anyone who knows the roots theos and timao.
When Teotym celebrates name day
Teotym appears 2 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 20 April.
Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.
How many people are named Teotym
1 in 7115396 men in Poland is named Teotym. 3 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #42214 among male names.