Timothy: Meaning, origin and popularity

Pronounced TIM-uh-thee · 3 syllables

Timothy means “to honour; god”, from Greek and French and Latin.

From Middle French Timothee, from Latin Timotheus, from Ancient Greek (Timotheos), from (timao, “to honour”) + (theos, “god”).

How popular is Timothy?

Timothy was the #203 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,734 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 41% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Babies named Timothy in the US by five-year period, relative to its peak (around 1960).

Half of US adults named Timothy are older than 55; most are between 26 and 74. (Estimated from US births by year and life tables.)

Names that real brothers and sisters of people named Timothy have, from family records on Wikidata, most common first.

Chosen by the same families or with a similar style and era.

Timothy means “to honour; god”. It comes from Greek and French and Latin.

Timothy is pronounced TIM-uh-thee.

Timothy was the #203 name in the US in 2025, given to 1,734 babies. It’s used less than it was: down 41% on 2011–2015. It peaked around 1960.

Half of US adults named Timothy are older than 55. Most are between 26 and 74.