as a First Name
English form, used in the Authorized Version of the Bible (alongside the Latin form Timotheus), of the Greek name Timotheos, from timē ‘honour’ + theos ‘god’. This was the name of a companion of St Paul; according to tradition, he was stoned to death for denouncing the worship of Diana. It was not used in England before the Reformation but has been in steady use since the 18th century.
| 47th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Hundreds of thousands
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 926,707
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 1,046,093
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Timothy per capita
- 1967
- marked the height of its popularity
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