# Timaeus (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/timaeus/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | boys |
| Origin | Greek |
| Meaning | “honour” |
| Pronunciation | /taɪˈmiːəs/, 2 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Timeus |
| US babies named this | 13 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 13 / 0 (0% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Latin Tīmaeus, from Ancient Greek Τῑ́μαιος (Tī́maios), from Ancient Greek τῑμάω (tīmáō, “honour”, verb). Appears as the name of one of Plato's dialogues. It is also the name of a person mentioned in the New Testament (Mark 10:46).

## What it means

Timaeus is grouped under noble.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, boys

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2012 | 7 | 10,646 |
| 2016 | 6 | 12,023 |

## In other languages

- Bulgarian: Тимей
- French: Timée
- Italian: Timeo
- Latin: Tīmaeus
- Romanian: Timeu
- Russian: Тиме́й
- Slovene: Timaj

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.