Given name & surname
Time
“the aromatic herb thyme”
Time is a variant of Tyme. One English interpretation is “the aromatic herb thyme.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Time is a variant of Tyme. One English interpretation is “the aromatic herb thyme.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Time is a variant of Tyme. An origin associated with Tyme is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Time through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 5 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 119 as a first name in 2020; 383 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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