Timothy (given name)
Timothy is a masculine name. It is a version of the [Ancient Ancient Greek language|Greek language|Greek] name Τιμόθεος meaning 'one who honours God', from τιμή 'honour' and θεός 'god'. Timothy is a common name in several countries.
In the United States, the name was most popular in the 1960s, ranking 13th among all boys' names. Popularity for the name has since declined, with its latest rating of #208 in 2024. The name has been used for girls, having a peak in 1968, ranking 908 in the United States, and has declined since, making it a very rare name for girls.
People named Timothy
Religion
- Timothy of Ammon, Ammonite general
- Saint Timothy, 1st-century Christian bishop whose name is associated with two books of the New Testament
- Timothy, companion of Symphorian, Christian martyr
- Timothy of Constantinople, Christian priest and writer
- Timothy (bishop of Zagreb)
- Timothy of Faras, Nubian bishop
- Timothy Drew, American religious leader, founder of the "Moorish Science Temple of America"
- Timothy Ware, monastic name Kallistos Ware, Metropolitan of Diokleia in Phrygia, an Orthodox assistant bishop in the UK
- Timothy Dolan, American Roman Catholic cardinal, Archbishop of New York, and writer
- Timothy Kwok, Hong Kong-born Anglican bishop
Patriarchs of Alexandria
- Timothy I of Alexandria
- Timothy II of Alexandria, also known as Timotheus Aelurus, monophysite
- Timothy III Salophakiolos, Greek Orthodox Patriarch of Alexandria 460–475 and 477–485
- Timothy IV of Alexandria, also known as Timothy III, since the Coptic Church does not recognize Timothy III Salophakiolos
- Timothy I of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, patriarch of the Church of the East, 780–823
- Timothy II of Seleucia-Ctesiphon, patriarch of the Church of the East, 1318 –
Sports
- Timothy Cheruiyot, Kenyan middle-distance runner specialising in the 1500 metres
- Timothy Disken, Australian paralympic swimmer
- Timothy Fok, President of the Hong Kong Football Association
- Timothy Foli, American baseball player and coach
- Timothy Goebel, American figure skater
- Timothy Henry Henman, British professional tennis player
- Timothy Hodge, Australian Paralympic swimmer
- Timothy LeDuc, American pair skater
- Timothy Liljegren, Swedish ice hockey defenceman
- Timothy Lowndes, Australian sport shooter
- Timothy Maloney, Australian wheelchair basketball player
- Timothy Masters (rower), Australian rower
- Timothy Matthews, Australian Paralympic athlete
- Timothy McIsaac, Canadian Paralympic swimmer
- Timothy McKernan, American figure skater
- Timothy Peters, NASCAR driver
- Timothy Phillips, known as Tim Phillips, American competition swimmer
- Timothy Putt, Australian water polo player
- Timothy Raines, American baseball player and coach
- Timothy Seaman, American race walker
- Timothy Soares, American-Brazilian basketball player for Ironi Ness Ziona B.C. of the Israeli Basketball Premier League
Arts
- Timothy Adams, American actor and model
- Timothy Bottoms, American actor
- Timothy Busfield, American actor
- Timothy Carlton, English actor
- Timothy Dalton, Welsh-born English actor
- Timothy Fadek, American photographer
- Timothy Farrell, American actor
- Timothy Granaderos, American actor and model
- Timothy Hutton, American actor
- Timothy Kirkpatrick, American drummer
- Timothy Leary, American writer, psychologist, and psychedelic drug advocate
- Timothy Francis Lee, British rapper known as Yxngxr1
- Timothy Z. Mosley, record producer and rapper
- Timothy Patrick Murphy, American actor
- Timothy V. Murphy, Irish actor
- Timothy Olyphant, American actor
- Timothy Omundson, American actor
- Timothy J. Rice-Oxley, songwriter and keyboard player in British band Keane
- Timothy B. Schmit American musician
- Timothy Smith, Australian DJ and electronic music producer known as Timmy Trumpet
- Timothy Spall, English actor
- Timothy Tau, Taiwanese American actor
- Timothy Van Laar, American artist, writer, and professor
- Timothy James Webb, Australian artist
- Timothy Wilcots, American drag performer also known as Latrice Royale
Politics
- Timothy Farrar, justice of the New Hampshire Supreme Court
- Timothy Groseclose, American political scientist and economist
- Timothy Guerrette, American politician
- Timothy Pickering, politician from Massachusetts who served as the third United States Secretary of State
- Timothy Pilgrim, Australian Privacy Commissioner and Australian Information Commissioner
- Timothy Quill, Irish politician
Other
- Timothy J. Broderick, American physician and university professor
- Timothy Ray Brown, the Berlin Patient, the first person in the world to be cured of HIV
- Timothy Creamer, American astronaut
- Timothy J. Cunningham, formerly missing person
- Timothy Dexter, American businessman
- Timothy Egan, American journalist
- Timothy Ha, former Supervisor and Principal of St. Paul's College, Hong Kong and Education Secretary of the Hong Kong Sheng Kung Hui
- Timothy Kopra, American astronaut
- Timothy McCoy, American murder victim who was killed by John Wayne Gacy
- Timothy McVeigh, the terrorist convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing
- Timothy Mo, British Asian novelist
- Tiff Needell, also known as Timothy Tiff Needell, a UK television presenter
- Timothy Peake, British test pilot and astronaut
- Timothy Snyder, American author and historian
- Timothy Tong, former commissioner for the Independent Commission Against Corruption of Hong Kong
- Timothy Treadwell, grizzly bear enthusiast
- Timothy Wong Man-kong, historian from Hong Kong
Fictional characters
- Timothy Batterson, a character in Ninjago
- Timothy Claypole, a character from Rentaghost
- Timothy Lumsden, the lead character in Sorry! (TV series)
- Timothy Heppner, a character from the 2020 Andrew Unger novel Once Removed
- Reverend Timothy Lovejoy, a character from The Simpsons
- Timothy McGee, a character from NCIS
- Timothy Q. Mouse, a character from the 1941 Disney film Dumbo
- Timothy Twostroke, a character in the Pixar film Cars
- Timothy Wright, a character in the alternate reality game Marble Hornets
- Timothy "Tiny Tim" Cratchit, a character from the 1843 novella A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens
- Timothy Pilgrim, the titular character from the 1975 TVOntario series The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim
- Timothy Jackson "Tim" Drake/Wayne a character from DC
- Timothy Aloysius Cadwallader "Dum Dum" Dugan is a character in various Marvel Universes
- Timothy "Tim" Bradford, one of the main characters from the ABC Show The Rookie
Surname
- Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor
- Miriam Timothy, British harpist
- Nick Timothy, British political adviser
Disambiguations
- Tim (disambiguation)
- Timoti
- Timothy Brown (disambiguation), multiple people