Timothy
Timothy is a male given name and family name . It is the English variant of the ancient Greek given name Timotheos (Τιμόθεος). The Latin equivalent is Timothy.
Origin and meaning
The first name is composed of the ancient Greek verb τιμάω ( timáo , "appreciate, honor") and the noun θεός ( theós , "God") and means something like: "God honors" or " God-fearing ".
Name bearer
First name
- Timothy Adams (poker player) (* 1986), Canadian poker player
- Timothy Beaumont, Baron Beaumont of Whitley (1928–2008), British politician and clergyman
- Timothy Bottoms (born 1951), American actor
- Timothy Broglio (* 1951), American clergyman, Archbishop of the Military Ordinary
- Timothy Ray Brown (* 1966), American translator
- Timothy Carlton (born 1939), British actor
- Timothy Creamer (* 1959), American astronaut
- Tim Curry (born 1946), British actor and musician
- Timothy Dalton (born 1946), British actor
- Timothy Dolan (* 1950), American clergyman, Archbishop of New York
- Tim Dwight (born 1975), American football player
- Timothy Dwight IV (1752-1817), American clergyman, scholar, politician, and poet
- Timothy Ferriss (* 1977), American author and entrepreneur
- Timothy Geithner (* 1961), American politician
- Timothy Greenfield-Sanders (* 1952), American photographer and documentary filmmaker
- Timothy Hutton (born 1960), American actor
- Timothy Leary (1920–1996), American psychologist and author
- Timothy McVeigh (1968-2001), American assassin
- Timothy Z. Mosley (* 1972), American musician and producer
- Timothy O'Donnell (* 1980), American triathlete
- Timothy O'Driscoll (born 1980), Irish ice hockey player
- Timothy H. O'Sullivan (around 1840–1882), American photographer
- Timothy Olyphant (* 1968), American actor
- Timothy Omundson (born 1969), American actor
- Timothy Peake (* 1972), British test pilot and spaceman
- Timothy Plowman (1944-1989), American botanist
- Timothy Snyder (* 1969), American historian
- Timothy Pickering (1745–1829), American politician
- Timothy B. Schmit (* 1947), American musician and singer
- Timothy Scott (actor, 1937) (1937–1995), American actor
- Timothy Spall (born 1957), British actor
- Timothy Treadwell (1957-2003), American animal filmmaker and animal rights activist
- Timothy James Webb (* 1967), Australian artist
- Timothy West (actor) ( Timothy Lancaster West ; born 1934), British actor
- Timothy West (poker player) ( Tim West * 1985), American poker player
- Timothy Zahn (born 1951), American writer
family name
- Christopher Timothy (born 1940), British actor
mascot
- Timothy (tortoise) (ca.1844–2004), British naval and military mascot