The Name Timofey
Timofey is a male name of Greek origin meaning “honouring God”. Below are the forms of the name, name days in the Orthodox calendar, character by tradition, numerology, the first letter, talismans and compatibility with other names.
Origin and meaning
Timofey is a male name of Greek origin. Meaning: “honouring God”. From the Greek Τιμόθεος: τιμή, “honour”, and θεός, “god”.
Forms of the name
| Full form | Timofey |
| Short forms | Tima, Timosha |
| Affectionate forms | Timoshenka, Timoha |
Name days (angel’s day)
| February 4 | Apostle Timothy |
A name day is the feast of the saint after whom a person was baptised. If several saints share the name, custom is to celebrate the first feast after the birthday. Shown here are the main feasts in the calendar of the Russian Orthodox Church, with civil (Gregorian) dates.
Character by tradition
Timofey, by tradition, is a kind, calm and reliable man. He is sensible, dislikes haste and values family. He can be stubborn and touchy. His strength is patience and decency.
Name numerology
Letters of the name Timofey («Тимофей») in the Russian 1–9 table: Т 2 + И 1 + М 5 + О 7 + Ф 4 + Е 6 + Й 2 = 27 → 9. The sum is reduced to one digit; the master numbers 11, 22 and 33 are kept.
Name number 9 — service and breadth. Nine is the number of completion: compassion, a broad view, readiness to help. Such a name wants to be useful to many; the weak spot is giving oneself away.
Vowels give the soul number 5 (freedom and change), consonants the personality number 4 (order and work). Inner motive: freedom and change; outer manner: order and work. Such a gap is not bad in itself: others see one side, close people know the other.
In Slavic Cyrillic numerals (using the modern spelling of the name): Т=300 + И=8 + М=40 + О=70 + Ф=500 + Е=5 + Й=8 = 931, reduced to 4. Letters that had no numeric value are skipped. This is an additional digit, not a second name number: meanings for the Cyrillic numerals were added in the 20th century, modeled on Western numerology.
More: name number with surname, Slavic Cyrillic numerals, number meanings.
First letter and letters of the name
In letter reading — a popular tradition of interpreting letters — the first letter of the name matters most: it sets the main tone of character. The other letters add shades.
Т — intuition and search. Creative searching, a striving for truth, impatience and a wish to do everything at once.
Other letters: И — refinement and kindness; М — caring; О — depth of feeling; Ф — wish to be in the centre; Е — self-expression; Й — impulsiveness.
Talismans of the name
Name books usually derive talismans from the name number and its planet; lists differ between authors. Here we follow Cheiro (“Book of Numbers”): number 9 is linked with the planet Mars.
| Planet | Mars |
| Stones | ruby, garnet, bloodstone |
| Colours | red, crimson, pink |
| Favourable days | Tuesday |
Compatibility with other names
In numerology, compatibility of names is judged by their numbers. Number 9 goes most easily with 3 and 6, and has more friction with 4 and 8.
Goes well with: Antonina, Valentina, Valeriya, Darya, Karina, Margarita, Olesya, Svetlana, Taisiya, Tatyana.
More friction with: Alina, Evdokiya, Ekaterina, Zhanna, Zoya, Yana.
Check a couple precisely: compatibility by name.
Outcome
The name Timofey carries the meaning “honouring God”. Name number 9 — service and breadth; first letter T — intuition and search. Inner wishes (freedom and change) and outer manner (order and work) differ: a person with this name needs close people to see more than what is shown. Name days: February 4.