Timmy

This article is about the given name. For the fast-food chain sometimes nicknamed "Timmy's", see Tim Hortons. For the 2018 short film, see Timmy (film).

Timmy is a masculine name, a short form of Timothy or Tim. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but it is also used in adulthood. It is a version of the Greek name Τιμόθεος (Timόtheos) meaning "one who honours God," from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god."^[1][2][3]

Timmy

Saint Timotheus
Pronunciation	/ˈtɪməθi/
Gender	male
Origin
Word/name	Greek name Τιμόθεος
Meaning	"Honouring God" or "Honoured by God"
Other names
Nickname(s)	Timo, Timbo, Thomas
Related names	Tim, Timothy, Timo, Timofei, Tymish, Timotey, Timoteo, Timotheus, Tymoteusz, Timothée, Tijs

Variant spellings include Timmie and Timme.

People

• Timmy Allen (born 2000), American basketball player
• Timmy Chang (born 1981), American college football coach and former quarterback
• Timmy Chipeco (born 1975), Filipino politician
• Timmy Dooley (born 1969), Irish politician
• Timmy Duggan (born 1982), American road racing cyclist
• Timmy Fitzpatrick, Irish hurling goalkeeper of the 1940s
• Timmy Hammersley (born 1987), Irish hurler
• Timmy Hansen (born 1992), Swedish rallycross driver
• Timmy Hill (born 1993), American stock car racing driver
• Timmy Horne (born 1997), American football player
• Timmy Jernigan (born 1992), American National Football League player
• Timmy Kelleher (born 1970), Irish hurler
• Timmy Lemnah (born 1990), American YouTuber
• Timmy Mallett (born 1955), English TV presenter, broadcaster and artist
• Timmy Matley, lead singer of the British group the Overtones
• Timmy Murphy (born 1974), Irish jockey
• Timmy O'Dowd (born 1963), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Timmy Payungka Tjapangati (c. 1942–2000), Australian Aboriginal artist
• Timmy Pettersson (born 1977), Swedish ice hockey player
• Timmy Simons (born 1976), Belgian footballer
• Timmy Smith (born 1964), American former National Football League player
• Timmy Thiele (born 1991), German footballer
• Timmy Thomas (1944–2022), American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer
• Timmy Trumpet, stage name of Australian house DJ and producer Timothy Jude Smith
• Timmy Williams (born 1981), American comedian and member of The Whitest Kids U' Know
• Timmy Yip (born 1967), Hong Kong film art director and designer
• Timmy Osborne (born 1969), Leader of the Timmy Timmy Gang

Fictional characters

• Timmy, a dog from The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton
• Timmy, a large green monster on The Muppet Show
• Timmy, a lamb from the animated television series Shaun the Sheep and its spin-off Timmy Time
• Timmy Baterman, a fictional character from Stephen King's novel Pet Semetary
• Timmy Brisby, a young mouse in the 1982 film adaptation The Secret of NIMH
• Timmy Burch, a wheelchair-using character with a cognitive disability on the TV series South Park
• Timmy Lenox, on the soap opera Passions
• Timmy Martin, the boy who owns the dog Lassie in the long-running TV series Lassie
• The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth, animated children's TV character
• Timmy Turner, from the animated television series The Fairly OddParents

Animals

• Timmy (gorilla) (1959–2011), a longtime resident of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

See also

• Timmie, given name
• Timme, given name and surname
• Timothy
• Tim (given name)
• Timo
• Timotheus
• Timothée
• Timofey
• Timothy (disambiguation)
• Tim (disambiguation)
• Timoti (disambiguation)

References

1. "Timothy." Nelson's Student Bible Dictionary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2005.
2. Harper, Douglas. "Timothy". Online Etymology Dictionary.
3. τιμή, θεός. Liddell, Henry George; Scott, Robert; A Greek–English Lexicon at the Perseus Project.