Timon

Where Timon comes from

From the Ancient Greek Τῑ́μων (Tī́mōn).
— Wiktionary's entry for Timon
  • Ancient Greek
  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,370 among boys, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1985
    Peak, #3,216
    14 babies named Timon — more than any year before or since.
  3. 1986
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #6,721.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek of mostly historical use.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.