Given name & surname
Timon
“a respected man”
Timon is used as a given name and a surname. One Greek interpretation is “a respected man.”
Original GreekΤίμων
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Greek interpretation is “a respected man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Greek.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1947. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Timon appears in Acts 6:5.
From biblical name research
Timon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 487
- 487 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 19 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,699 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −50%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,699 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 534 as a first name in 2020; 319 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.
Timon’s family of names
In English usage, Timon has a diminutive in Tim. In English usage, Timon has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tymon. Timon has a related form in Tymon.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Timon has relatives in 13 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Timon comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 11
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- ΤίμωνGreek
- ΤίμωναςGreek
- Τῑ́μωνAncient Greek
- TimoneItalian
- Тимо́нUkrainian, Russian
- Тімо́нUkrainian
- TimónSpanish
- TimãoPortuguese
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See also 3
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Timon
- Timon WellenreutherGerman footballerborn 1995
- Timon HauganNorwegian male alpine skier (born 1996)
- Timon SeubertGerman bicycle racerborn 1987
- Timon GrancagnoloGerman lugerborn 2003
- Timon Weinerfootball playerborn 1999
- Timon RüeggSwiss cyclistborn 1996
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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