Timmy Explained

Timmy
Gender:	male
Meaning:	"Honouring God" or "Honoured by God"
Nickname:	Timo, Timbo, Thomas
Origin:	Greek name Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τιμόθεος
Related Names:	Tim, Timothy, Timo, Timofei, Tymish, Timotey, Timoteo, Timotheus, Tymoteusz, Timothée, Tijs

Timmy is a masculine name, a short form of Timothy or Tim. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but it is also used in adulthood. It is a version of the Greek name Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τιμόθεος (Timόtheos) meaning "one who honours God," from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god."^{[1] [2]}

Variant spellings include Timmie and Timme.

People

• Timmy Allen (born 2000), American basketball player
• Timmy Chang (born 1981), American college football coach and former quarterback
• Timmy Chipeco (born 1975), Filipino politician
• Timmy Dooley (born 1969), Irish politician
• Timmy Duggan (born 1982), American road racing cyclist
• Timmy Fitzpatrick, Irish hurling goalkeeper of the 1940s
• Timmy Hammersley (born 1987), Irish hurler
• Timmy Hansen (born 1992), Swedish rallycross driver
• Timmy Hill (born 1993), American stock car racing driver
• Timmy Horne (born 1997), American football player
• Timmy Jernigan (born 1992), American National Football League player
• Timmy Kelleher (born 1970), Irish hurler
• Timmy Mallett (born 1955), English TV presenter, broadcaster and artist
• Timmy Matley, lead singer of the British group the Overtones
• Timmy Murphy (born 1974), Irish jockey
• Timmy O'Dowd (born 1963), Irish Gaelic footballer
• Timmy Payungka Tjapangati (c. 1942–2000), Australian Aboriginal artist
• Timmy Pettersson (born 1977), Swedish ice hockey player
• Timmy Simons (born 1976), Belgian footballer
• Timmy Smith (born 1964), American former National Football League player
• Timmy Thiele (born 1991), German footballer
• Timmy Thomas (1944–2022), American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer
• Timmy Trumpet, stage name of Australian house DJ and producer Timothy Jude Smith
• Timmy Williams (born 1981), American comedian and member of The Whitest Kids U' Know
• Timmy Yip (born 1967), Hong Kong film art director and designer
• Timmy Osborne (born 1969), Leader of the Timmy Timmy Gang

Fictional characters

• Timmy, a dog from The Famous Five series by Enid Blyton
• Timmy, a large green monster on The Muppet Show
• Timmy, a lamb from the animated television series Shaun the Sheep and its spin-off Timmy Time
• Timmy Baterman, a fictional character from Stephen King's novel Pet Semetary
• Timmy Brisby, a young mouse in the 1982 film adaptation The Secret of NIMH
• Timmy Burch, a wheelchair-using character with a cognitive disability on the TV series South Park
• Timmy Lenox, on the soap opera Passions
• Timmy Martin, the boy who owns the dog Lassie in the long-running TV series Lassie
• Timmy Time, British children's TV character
• The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth, animated children's TV character
• Timmy Turner, from the animated television series The Fairly OddParents

Animals

• Timmy (gorilla) (1959–2011), a longtime resident of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

See also

• Timmie, given name
• Timme, given name and surname
• Timothy
• Tim (given name)
• Timo
• Timotheus
• Timothée
• Timofey
• Timothy (disambiguation)
• Tim (disambiguation)
• Timoti (disambiguation)

Notes and References

1. "Timothy." Nelson's Student Bible Dictionary. Nashville: Thomas Nelson, Inc. 2005.
2. , .