Timothy (name)

Timothy (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Timothy



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caption=The name Timothy has been popularised due to St Timothy
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gender = male
meaning = "honouring God"
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nickname = Tim
origin = Greek
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Timothy is a male given name derived from the Greek polytonic|Τιμόθεος or "Timótheos", meaning "honouring God". It is a popular name in the US, lying in the top 100 names in each year since the 1960s [ [http://www.babynamefacts.com/babynames/popularity.php?name=Timothy BabyNameFacts.com - popularity of the name TIMOTHY ] ] . The name is also popular in Australia, Canada, New Zealand, the UK and Sweden.

Variants

People named Timothy

In religion:
*Timothy, first century Christian bishop whose name is associated with two books of the New Testament
*Timotheus, Christian martyr
*Timothy, a minor figure in the Book of Mormon

In sports:
*Tim Borowski, German football (soccer) player
*Tim Brooke-Taylor, English actor
*Tim Cahill, Australian football (soccer) player for the English team Everton FC
*Tim Henman, British tennis player
*Tim Lincecum, American baseball pitcher for the San Francisco Giants
*Timothy Peters, NASCAR driver
*Tim Tebow, football quarterback of the Florida Gators

In the arts:
*Timothy Bottoms, American actor
*Timothy Dalton, English actor
*Timothy Hutton, American actor
*Timothy Leary, American writer, psychologist, psychedelic drug advocate, and one of the first people to be buried in space
*Timothy Olyphant, American actor
*Timothy Omundson, American actor
*Timothy Spall, English actor
*Timbaland (Timothy Z. Mosley), record producer and rapper
*Tiny Tim (musician) (Herbert Buckingham Khaury), American musician

In others:
*Timothy McVeigh, the man convicted of the Oklahoma City bombing
*Timothy Treadwell, deceased grizzly bear enthusiast
*Christopher Timothy, Welsh actor

Fictional characters

*Tim (Edward Ardizzone character), a fictional character in a series of illustrated children's books by Edward Ardizzone
*Tiny Tim (A Christmas Carol) (Tim Cratchit), a fictional character from Charles Dickens' "A Christmas Carol"
*Tim Drake, the third character to go by the name of "Robin" in the DC Universe comics
*Timothy Lovejoy, a fictional character from "The Simpsons"
*Timothy McGee, a fictional character from the "NCIS" TV Series.
*Tim, the fictional anti-villain that serves as the protagonist of the video game "Braid".
*Timothy, a character in the book "Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH"
*Tim Riggins, a fictional character from Friday Night Lights (TV series)

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