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
Along the way
  1. 1880
    First SSA year
    Already #180 among boys — 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 — more than any year before or since.
  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.