Timothy (given name)

For the Saint, see Timothy.

Timothy

Gender	Male
Origin
Word/name	Greek
Meaning	"Honouring God"
Other names
Nickname(s)	Tim, Timmy, Timo, Timokins

Timothy is a masculine given name. It comes from the Greek name Τιμόθεος (Timotheos) meaning "honoring God". It is a popular name in the United States, lying in the top 100 names in each year since the 1940s. The name is also popular in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK, Belgium, Netherlands, Norway, and Sweden.

Variants

Tad Tim Timmy Timmo Timothy Timo Tima

Timbo Timofeo Timofey Timoteo Timothé Timothée Timotheo

Timotheus Timtholomew Timrozek Tymoteusz Tymothy Titoui Thim

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People named Timothy

Religion

• Timothy, first century Christian bishop whose name is associated with two books of the New Testament
• Timotheus, Christian martyr
• Pope Timothy II of Alexandria (Timothy Aelurus, d .477).
• Patriarch Timothy I of Constantinople (d. 523)
• Timothy I, Patriarch of the Church of the East from 780 to 823

Sports

• Timothee Atouba, Cameroonian football (soccer) player
• Tim Belcher, MLB player (retired)
• Tim Biakabutuka, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Borowski, German football (soccer) player
• Tim Bowens, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Brent, NHL player
• Tim Brown, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Cahill, Australian football (soccer) player for the English team Everton FC (Full Name:Timothy Joel Cahill)
• Tim Conboy, NHL player
• Tim Connolly, NHL player
• Tim Duncan, NBA player
• Tim Ecclestone, NHL player (retired)
• Tim Foli, MLB player (retired)
• Tim Gleason, NHL player
• Timothy Goebel, American figure skater
• Tim Gray, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Grunhard, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Hardaway, NBA player (retired)
• Tim Harris, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Henman, British tennis player
• Tim Hightower, NFL player
• Tim Horton, NHL player (deceased)
• Tim Howard, goalkeeper
• Tim Jackman, NHL player
• Tim Janus, American competitive eater
• Tim Kennedy, NHL player
• Tim Kerr, NHL player (retired)
• Tim Krumrie, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Lincecum, American baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
• Tim McCarver, MLB player & broadcaster
• Timothy McKernan, American figure skater
• Tim May, Australian cricketer (retired)
• Timothy Peters, NASCAR driver
• Tim Raines, MLB player (retired)
• Tim Ryan (American football), NFL player & broadcaster
• Tim Salmon, MLB player (retired)
• Timothy Seaman, American race walker
• Tim Sestito, NHL player
• Tim Silvia, Mixed Martial Arts fighter
• Timmy Smith, NFL player (retired)
• Tim Tebow, football quarterback of the Florida Gators
• Tim Thomas (ice hockey), NHL player (goalie)
• Tim Wakefield, American baseball pitcher for the Boston Red Sox
• Tim Wallace, NHL player
• Tim Wallach, MLB player (retired)
• Tim White (wrestling), wrestling referee
• Tim Young (ice hockey), NHL player (retired)
• Timothy Paul, basketball player

Arts

• Timbaland (Timothy Z. Mosley), record producer and rapper
• Tiny Tim (musician) (Herbert Buckingham Khaury), American musician
• Tim Allen, American actor
• Tim Armstrong, American musician
• Timothy Bottoms, American actor
• Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor
• Tim Burton, American director
• Tim Conway, American actor
• Tim Curry, English actor
• Tim Commerford, bassist for Rage Against The Machine and Audioslave
• Timothy Dalton, Welsh actor
• Tim Harding (musician), member of Australian children's musical group Hi-5
• Timothy Hutton, American actor
• Timothy Leary, American writer, psychologist, psychedelic drug advocate, and one of the first people to be buried in space
• Tim Kash, British television presenter
• Tim McGraw, Country singer
• Tim McIlrath, Lead singer and rhythm guitarist for the American punk rock band Rise Against
• Tim Minchin, Australian comedian–musician
• Timothy Olyphant, American actor
• Timothy Omundson, American actor
• Tim Robbins, American actor
• Tim Roth, English actor
• Timothy B. Schmit American musician
• Timothy Spall, English actor
• Tim Thomerson, American actor
• Tim Urban, American musician

Other

• Tim Berners-Lee, invented the World Wide Web
• Tim Gunn, television personality
• Tim Kretschmer, German mass murderer
• Tim Kurkjian, Baseball writer/analyst
• Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing
• Tim Russert, American news anchor
• Tim Ryan (sportscaster), American sportscaster
• Timothy Treadwell, grizzly bear enthusiast
• Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor

Fictional characters

• Tim Rimmer, a character in the movie Cars
• Timothy Twostroke, a character in the movie Cars
• Tim, a fictional character in a series of illustrated children's books by Edward Ardizzone
• Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) (Tim Cratchit), a fictional character from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol
• Timmy the Dog, the dog owned by George Kirrin in the Famous Five series by Enid Blyton
• Tim Drake, the third character to go by the name of "Robin" in the DC Universe comics
• Timothy Lovejoy, a fictional character from The Simpsons
• Timothy McGee, a fictional character from the NCIS TV Series
• Tim, the fictional anti-villain that serves as the protagonist of the video game Braid
• Timothy, a character in the book Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH
• Tim Riggins, a fictional character from Friday Night Lights
• Timmy Turner, a fictional character from The Fairly OddParents
• Timothy, a fictional character from Timothy Goes To School
• Timmy, a character in the television series South Park
• Timmy Martin, the well-prone human companion of Lassie, 1957-1964
• Tim the Enchanter, a character from the film Monty Python and the Holy Grail, played by John Cleese