Boy · Greek, through English
Timmy
Say it: TIM-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Timothy, from Greek Timotheos 'honoring God', from timē 'honor' and theos 'god'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Given as a formal name in the US chiefly in the 1950s and 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 25,825 babies given this name since 1926
- At its height in 1960, about 1 in 1,400 boys
- 27 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Timmie
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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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