Timothy

Where Timothy comes from

From Middle French Timothée, from Latin Tīmotheus, from Ancient Greek Τῑμόθεος (Tīmótheos), from τῑμάω (tīmáō, “to honour”) + θεός (theós, “god”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Timothy
  • Ancient Greek
  • 3 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Timothy through the years
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #180 among boys, with 70 babies in the first year on record.
  2. 1920
    Timothy Leary born
    American psychologist
  3. 1946
    Timothy Dalton born
    British actor of stage, film and television
  4. 1960
    Peak, #11
    30,498 babies named Timothy, its best rank.
  5. 1991
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #32.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name from Ancient Greek of biblical origin, also borne by early Christian saints.
Namesakes
  • Timothy Dalton · British actor of stage, film and television, born 1946
  • Timothy Leary · American psychologist, 1920–1996
  • Timothy Hutton · American actor and director, born 1960
  • Timothy Spall · English actor, born 1957
  • Timothy Olyphant · American actor, born 1968

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.