Given name
Timmy
“one who honors God”
Timmy is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Timmy is a variant of Timothy. One Greek interpretation is “one who honors God.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Timmy is a variant of Timothy. An origin associated with Timothy is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
In English usage, Timmy is a diminutive of Timothy.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1926. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Timmy through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 25,923
- 25,755 boys · 168 girls
- Most popular year
- 1960
- 1,584 babies
- 2025
- 15
- #6,107 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −40%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 15 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 6,107 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.7% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 1,572 in 1960. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 14,931 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Timmy’s family of names
In English usage, Timmy is a diminutive of Timothy. In English usage, Timmy has a related form in TIMMIE. Timmy has a related form in Timothy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Timmy
- Timmy SimonsBelgian footballer (born 1976)
- Timmy TrumpetAustralian DJ and record producerborn 1982
- Timmy DugganRoad racing cyclistborn 1982
- Timmy ThomasAmerican musician (1944–2022)
- Timmy HansenSwedish racing driverborn 1992
- Timmy GillionFrench track cyclistborn 2002
- Timmy DooleyIrish Fianna Fáil politicianborn 1969
- Timmy YipChinese art directorborn 1967
- Timmy AllenAmerican basketball player (born 2000)
Characters named Timmy: Timmy Turner (fictional character and the protagonist of the Nickelodeon animated series The Fairly OddParents).
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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