Timofei
Timofei (Тимофей) is a Russian male given name.
Origin and meaning
The name comes from the Greek: ancient Greek: Τιμόθεος, from τιμάω ( timáo ), "appreciate, honor", and θεός ( theós ), "God". In German it means something like "who honors God" or " fear god ".
variants
Timofei is the Latin spelling of the Cyrillic Тимофей. In Ukrainian the name Тимофій / Tymofij is written. The Latin equivalent is " Timothy ", the English Timothy .
Well-known namesake
- Timofei Alexandrowitsch Dokschizer (1921–2005), trumpeter, conductor and composer from the Soviet Union
- Timofei Nikolajewitsch Granowski (1813–1855), Russian historian
- Timofei Viktorovich Krizki (* 1987), Russian racing cyclist
- Timofei Alexandrowitsch Kuljabin (* 1984), Russian theater and opera director
- Timofei Kuznetsov (* 1991), Russian poker player
- Timofei Alexejewitsch Lapschin (* 1988), Russian biathlete
- Timofei Pawlowitsch Mosgow (* 1986), Russian basketball player
- Timofei Fjodorowitsch Ossipowski (1766-1832), Russian mathematician, physicist and university professor
- Timofei Wassiljewitsch Prokhorov (1894-2004), Russian hermit in Munich
- Timofei Michailowitsch Schischkanow (* 1983), Russian ice hockey player
- Timofej Andreevic Neff (1804–1877), Baltic German Imperial Russian court painter, curator and art collector
- Tymofij Khmelnyzkyj (1632–1653), Ukrainian Cossack leader
- Tymofij Hawryliw (* 1971), Ukrainian writer, blogger, translator, literary theorist and columnist