Gender: Masculine
Origin: Greek Τιμαιος
Meaning: “honour.”
Eng (tie-MEE-əs); Fre (teey-MEY-oh)

Timaeus is a latinized form of the Greek, Timaios (Τιμαιος), meaning, “honour.”

The name was very popular in ancient Greece, being the name of one of Plato’s dialogues, a Pythogorean philosopher who was the inspiration of the platonic dialogue and a Roman sophist.

The name briefly occurs in the New Testament, in Mark 10:46 as the name of the father of Bartimaeus.

As of 2010, its French form of Timéo was the 16th most popular male name in France.

Other forms of the name include:

• Timej Тимей (Bulgarian/Russian/Ukrainian)
• Timeu (Catalan/Portuguese/Sicilian)
• Timaj (Croatian/Serbian)
• Timée (French)
• Timéo (French)
• Timaios Τιμαιος (Greek)
• Timaiosz (Hungarian)
• Timeo (Italian/Spanish)
• Timeus (Late Latin)
• Timaeus (Latin)
• Timajos (Polish)