Timoteo
given name · Latin script
Meaning: From Greek. See }Timothy in main dictionary
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/timotɛo/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Timoteo is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Peru than in any other country.
- PEPeru≈1 in 3.4K(inferred from the name graph)
- NINicaragua≈1 in 6.6K
- PYParaguay≈1 in 9.5K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Peru (inferred from the name graph)
- Sources
- 150 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 3.4K (inferred from the name graph)
≈9,400 people, est.
Highest-authority source
Peru, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
From Greek. See }Timothy in main dictionary.
Sources 1
- A concise dictionary of first names
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Timoteo counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| PE Peru | #540 | ≈9,400 est. | ≈1 in 3.4K | — | Timoteo | 50 |
| PH Philippines | — | ≈8,700 est. | ≈1 in 13K | — | Timoteo | 35 |
| MZ Mozambique | #278 | ≈4,700 est. | ≈1 in 6.4K | — | Timoteo | 9 |
| AR Argentina | #797 | ≈3,700 est. | ≈1 in 12K | 276 | Timoteo | 51 |
| BR Brazil | — | 3,062 | 1 in 69K | 3.1K | Timoteo | 97 |
| NI Nicaragua | #350 | ≈940 est. | ≈1 in 6.6K | — | Timoteo | 4 |
| PY Paraguay | #736 | ≈760 est. | ≈1 in 9.5K | — | Timoteo | 14 |
| UY Uruguay | — | 481 | 1 in 7K | 481 | — | 16 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present); IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror); IBGE — Nomes (census name API); INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Timoteo is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In Spanish, Timothy (biblical character)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Spanish, Griego Timótheos < timáō 'honrar' + theós 'Dios'; 'el que honra a Dios'
as a nameDiccionario etimológico de nombres propios
Colui che onora gli dei
as a nameIl grande libro dei nomi per bebè. Significato, origini, curiosità. Oltre 7000 nomi per bambine e bambini Significato,…
In Italian, a male given name, equivalent to English Timothy
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Hawaiian, Timothy (biblical character; book of the Bible)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Timoteo Vitib. 1469ITItalian renaissance painter (1469-1523)
- Timoteo Menéndezb. 1790SVSalvadoran politician
- Timoteo Apariciob. 1814UYUruguayan politician (1814-1882)
- Timoteo Ogandob. 1818DODominican military personnel
- Timoteo Luberzab. 1820USPuerto Rican engineer
- Timoteo Pasinib. 1829Italian composer, conductor, and pianist (1829-1888)
- Timoteo Briet Montaudb. 1859ESSpanish modernist architect (1859-1925)
- Julián Lagob. 1946ESnot in their usual nameSpanish journalist and television presenter (1946-2009)
- Liontb. 1992DEnot in their usual nameGerman YouTuber and rapper
- Jesús Timoteo Lasierra AsínESSpanish politician
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 65 sources across 35 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Nomes (census name API) | — | 3.1K | #4,544 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — names by decade (Kaggle mirror) | 2022 | 3.1K | — |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | — | 3.1K | #3,835 |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 481 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 476 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — Nombres de nacimientos (2012–present) | 2024 | 276 | #423 |
| BR Brazil | IBGE — Censo 2022 Nomes no Brasil per-token lookup (v3 API, given+surname) | 2020 | 257 | — |
| AR Argentina | datos.gob.ar — nombres.datos.gob.ar per-name lookup (1922–2015) | 2015 | 64 | — |
| AR Argentina | RENAPER — births 1922–2015 (Kaggle mirror) | 2015 | 64 | — |
| UY Uruguay | Montevideo Open Data — Nombres por año y sexo (1940–2012) | 2012 | 8 | — |
| UY Uruguay | INE Uruguay — Nombres más frecuentes 1902–2024 (Tableau Public) | — | 1 | — |
Reference works 3
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Timoteo mean, and where does it come from?
- From Greek. See }Timothy in main dictionary. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.
- What are other forms of the name Timoteo?
- In the etymology graph, Timothy, Tim and Timmy are forms of the same name in other languages.
- How do you pronounce Timoteo?
- A machine transcription gives /timotɛo/ (IPA) for Spanish.
- Is Timoteo a male or female name?
- Timoteo is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Timoteo have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 9.4 thousand people named Timoteo in Peru, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled timoteo.
- How common is the name Timoteo?
- In Brazil, the national register counted 3,062 people named Timoteo in 2022, about 1 in 69 thousand residents.
- How common is Timoteo compared with other names?
- In Peru, Timoteo is the 540th most common given name of 254,284 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Timoteo?
Nobody replies to these one by one, but what readers ask decides what these pages answer next.
Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/timoteoThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Timoteo” — the 540th most common given name in Peru. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.