Baby name
STABLE
🇩🇪 🇺🇸 🇦🇺 Timmy
/TIM · ee/
Meaning
“Honoring God”
Diminutive of Timothy, from Greek Timotheos meaning 'honoring God'; carried by Timothy of the Bible and cemented as a boyhood nickname in 20th-century English-speaking culture.
Nicknames
tim
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Feels stuck in childhood; rarely survives into adult professional life.
The cultural moment.
Popular as a standalone name in the US through the 1950s-70s, now largely retired.