Timothy Explained

Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek name Greek, Ancient (to 1453);: Τιμόθεος (Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries.

People

Given name

• Timothy (given name), including a list of people with the name
• Tim (given name)
• Timmy
• Timo
• Timotheus
• Timothée
• Timoteo

Surname

• Bankole Timothy (1923–1994), Sierra Leonean journalist
• Christopher Timothy (born 1940), Welsh actor
• Miriam Timothy (1879–1950), British harpist
• Nick Timothy (born 1980), British political adviser

Mononym

• Saint Timothy, a companion and co-worker of Paul the Apostle
• Timothy I (Nestorian patriarch)

Education

• Timothy Christian School (Illinois), a school system in Elmhurst, Illinois
• Timothy Christian School (New Jersey), a school in Piscataway, New Jersey

Arts and entertainment

• "Timothy" (song), a 1970 song by The Buoys
• Timothy Goes to School, a Canadian-Chinese children's animated series
• Timothy (TV film), a 2014 Australian television comedy
• Timothy Turtle, a 1946 picture book by Al Graham
• The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim, a 1975 Canadian children's television program

Places

• Timothy, Tennessee, an unincorporated town in Overton County, Tennessee
• Chief Timothy State Park, a former state park in Asotin County, Washington

Other uses

• Timothy-grass, a type of grass
• Timothy (tortoise), a tortoise in the UK
• First Timothy and Second Timothy, Pauline epistles from the New Testament of the Christian Bible.

See also

• • Murder of Timothy Brenton, an anti-police crime in Seattle perpetrated by Christopher Monfort
• Tim (disambiguation)
• Timoti (disambiguation)
• Timati (born 1983), a Russian recording artist and entrepreneur
• Tymoshenko, a Ukrainian surname derived from the name Timothy
• Acts of Timothy, an Apocryphal work regarding Saint Timothy