Timofey
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/tʲɪməwfi/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Timofey is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country. In Azerbaijan it is the 52nd most common given name.
- SKSlovakia≈1 in 294K(inferred from the name graph)
- USUnited States1 in 414as Timothy
- RURussia≈1 in 1Kas Тимофей
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Timofey itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 185 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 294K (inferred from the name graph)
802,946 named Timothy, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Slovakia, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Timothy in US United States, PL Poland, NL Netherlands and 2 more, Тимофей in RU Russia, KZ Kazakhstan, AZ Azerbaijan and Тимофій in UA Ukraine.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Sources 1
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Timofey 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 | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | — | 802,946as Timothy | 1 in 414 | 802K | Timothy | 140 |
| RU Russia | #114 | ≈140,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | #48 | Тимофей | 185 |
| UA Ukraine | #151 | ≈13,000 est. | ≈1 in 3.3K | listed | Тимофій | 53 |
| PL Poland | #317 | 7,152as Tymofii | 1 in 5.4K | 7.1K | Timothy | 49 |
| KZ Kazakhstan | #359 | ≈5,900 est. | ≈1 in 3.2K | 6.9K | Тимофей | 46 |
| MD Moldova | — | 3,131as Timofei | 1 in 1.1K | 3.1K | — | 8 |
| SI Slovenia | — | 2,121as Timotej | 1 in 991 | 2.2K | Timothy | 3 |
| GY Guyana | — | 566as Timothy | 1 in 1.3K | 566 | — | — |
| AZ Azerbaijan | #52 | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 314K | 2 | Тимофей | 5 |
| SK Slovakia | #222 | ≈19 est. | ≈1 in 294K | — | Timothy | 26 |
| NL Netherlands | — | 17 | 1 in 1M | 3.5K | Timothy | 9 |
802,946 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. 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: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Azerbaijan Ministry of Justice — Civil Registry Name Statistics; dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017); e-services.md — living population register; SURS — resident population given names; stat.si Imena rojstva — full name register (per-token frequency + rank); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025. 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).
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Carl Timoleon von Neffb. 1805RUnot in their usual nameBaltic German artist (1804–1876)
- Timofey Granovskyb. 1813RURussian historian (1813-1855)
- Timofey Khryukinb. 1910RUSoviet general, twice Hero of the Soviet Union (1910–1953)
- Timofei Dokshizerb. 1921RUnot in their usual nameRussian musician (1921-2005)
- Timofey Sergeytsevb. 1963RURussian propagandist
- Timofey Skryabinb. 1967MDboxer
- Timofey Tribuntsevb. 1973RURussian actor
- Timofey Mozgovb. 1986RURussian basketball player (born 1986)
- Timofey Lapshinb. 1988RURussian biathlete
- Tima Belorusskihb. 1998BYnot in their usual nameBelarusian singer-songwriter
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 39 sources across 24 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 847 | #13,975 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL given names (first + second name position, 2026-01-20) | 2026 | 238 | #1,152 |
| PL Poland | dane.gov.pl — PESEL living persons (names) | — | 222 | #1,137 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2017 | 31 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2015 | 31 | — |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2024 | 26 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2012 | 26 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2009 | 26 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2008 | 26 | — |
| PL Poland | Ministry of Digitalization — Imiona nadawane dzieciom w Polsce (2000–present) | 2022 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2014 | 25 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2016 | 23 | — |
Reference works 2
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
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
- How do you pronounce Timofey?
- A machine transcription gives /tʲɪməwfi/ (IPA) for Russian.
- Is Timofey a male or female name?
- Timofey 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.
- What are other forms of the name Timofey?
- In the etymology graph, Timothy, Timoteo and Timothée are forms of the same name in other languages.
- In which country does Timofey have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 803 thousand people named Timothy, more than in any other country we hold.
- How common is the name Timofey?
- In the Netherlands, the national register counted 17 people named Timofey, about 1 in 1.0 million residents.
- How common is Timofey compared with other names?
- In Azerbaijan, Timofey is the 52nd most common given name of 28,848 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Timofey?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/timofeyThe 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, “Timofey” — the 52nd most common given name in Azerbaijan. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.