Tim
Tim is a male name . Until the beginning of 1963 the name was not in use in the German-speaking area. The six-part crime series Tim Frazer by Francis Durbridge made him very popular, which is primarily due to the main actor Max Eckard .
Origin and meaning of the name
- ancient Greek, short form of Timotheos (Τιμόθεος), composed of the words τιμάω ( timáo , German “appreciate” or “honor”) or Latin timere (“fear”) and θεός ( theós , German “God”), so much in German like: "who honors God" or "the God-fearing"
- ancient Greek, short form of Timon (Τίμων), also from τιμάω ( timáo ) (see above): "the valued, the honored, honorable, honorable".
- Germanic, short form of Dietmar , ("the famous among the people")
Nicknames
Timmy, Timmie, Timmi, Timy, Timie, Timi, Timbo, Timme
name day
- Catholic: January 26th
- Evangelical: January 26th.
- Anglican: January 26th.
- Orthodox: January 4th and January 22nd.
Name bearer
First name
- Tim Bendzko (* 1985), German singer-songwriter
- Tim Bergling (1989–2018), known as Avicii , Swedish DJ and music producer
- Tim Berners-Lee (* 1955), inventor of the World Wide Web
- Tim Borowski (* 1980), German soccer player
- Tim Burton (born 1958), American director
- Tim Cahill (* 1979), Australian soccer player
- Tim Commerford (* 1968), American bass player
- Tim Curry (born 1946), British actor, singer and songwriter
- Tim Dahl (* 1985), American jazz musician
- Tim Duncan (* 1976), American basketball player
- Tim Ferriss (* 1977), American author and entrepreneur
- Tim Fischer (* 1973), German chansonnier and actor
- Tim Frey (* 1972), Swiss politician
- Tim Georgi (* 2000), German motorcycle racer
- Tim Hardin (1941–1980), American musician
- Tim Henkel (* 1988), German handball player
- Tim Hölscher (* 1995), German soccer player
- Tim Hronek (* 1995), German freestyle skier
- Tim Kopp (* 1999), German Nordic combined athlete
- Tim Krabbé (* 1943), Dutch writer and chess master
- Tim Lobinger (* 1972), German athlete
- Tim Mayotte (* 1960), American tennis player
- Tim O'Reilly (born 1954), Irish publisher and software developer
- Tim Pritlove (* 1967), British event manager, podcaster and media artist
- Tim Raue (* 1974), German chef
- Tim Reeves (* 1972), British motorcycle racer
- Tim Rice (* 1944), British musical and film music writer
- Tim Ries (* 1960), American jazz saxophonist and university professor
- Tim Skarke (* 1996), German soccer player
- Tim Stegemann (actor) (* 1975), German actor and theater educator
- Tim Stegemann (athlete) (* 1992), German athlete
- Tim Suton (* 1996), German-Croatian handball player
- Tim Thoelke (* 1972), German musician, DJ and presenter
- Tim Wiese (* 1981), German soccer goalkeeper
- Tim Wieskötter (* 1979), German canoeist
- Tim Winkler (* 1986), Danish handball player
- Tim Wolff (* 1978), German satirist
stage name
- Tiny Tim (1932–1996), American pop musician and entertainer
- Tim (singer) (* 1960), Portuguese rock singer
- Tim Toupet (* 1971), German master hairdresser and singer
Fictional characters
- Tintin , Belgian cartoon character ( Tintin )
- Tim, German fictional character by Stefan Wolf ( TKKG )
- Tim Frazer , fictional character by the writer Francis Durbridge
- Timmy Turner, main character in the animated series Cosmo and Wanda - When Elves Help