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Tim
Say it: TIM
Meaning
A short form of Timothy, from Greek Timotheos 'honouring God' (time 'honour' + theos 'god').
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Occasionally registered as a full name in the US, mostly in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 83,378 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1960, about 1 in 308 boys
- 32 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Tim Burton, American filmmaker
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.