Tim Forename
856th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,028,777 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Guernsey
Tim Forename Definition:
The diminutive of the next. (See also at Tadgh.) timothy. Greek Timotheos, Latin Timotheus, French Timothée, means, literally, ‘fear God,’ and like other providential pre- Christian names (e. g. Theophilus) it was welcomed by the Church, especially when Timotheos, ‘the beloved disciple of the Apostle St.
Read More About This ForenameTim Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 611,519 | 1:593 | 109 |
| Australia | - | 70,615 | 1:193 | 19 |
| Canada | 100% | 68,514 | 1:484 | 89 |
| England | 100% | 68,316 | 1:814 | 183 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 36,922 | 1:458 | 82 |
| Germany | 100% | 32,596 | 1:2,966 | 401 |
| Cambodia | 51% | 18,030 | 1:903 | 204 |
| New Zealand | - | 14,358 | 1:316 | 47 |
| Belgium | 100% | 13,177 | 1:872 | 207 |
| Thailand | 81% | 9,973 | 1:7,026 | 1,192 |
| Vietnam | 69% | 9,683 | 1:9,566 | 407 |
| Sweden | 100% | 5,978 | 1:1,649 | 266 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 5,012 | 1:6,148 | 959 |
| Mozambique | - | 4,800 | 1:5,676 | 1,044 |
| Sudan | 100% | 4,165 | 1:9,077 | 1,203 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 4,034 | 1:610 | 166 |
| Denmark | - | 3,622 | 1:1,560 | 280 |
| Poland | 100% | 2,780 | 1:13,679 | 556 |
| Rwanda | - | 2,659 | 1:4,277 | 808 |
| China | - | 2,492 | 1:548,176 | 27,092 |
| Ghana | - | 2,416 | 1:11,170 | 1,048 |
| Wales | 100% | 1,944 | 1:1,592 | 325 |
| South Africa | 99% | 1,910 | 1:28,551 | 3,532 |
| Angola | - | 1,754 | 1:15,374 | 1,486 |
| Scotland | 100% | 1,659 | 1:3,225 | 378 |
| Egypt | 69% | 1,475 | 1:62,306 | 3,315 |
| Bangladesh | - | 1,466 | 1:108,773 | 7,125 |
| Kenya | 100% | 1,405 | 1:32,959 | 2,672 |
| France | 100% | 1,265 | 1:52,546 | 1,561 |
| Malaysia | 79% | 1,151 | 1:26,455 | 2,521 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Japan | - | 1,009 | 1:126,844 | 5,179 |
| Hong Kong | - | 996 | 1:7,784 | 691 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 957 | 1:8,583 | 934 |
| Norway | 100% | 881 | 1:5,826 | 658 |
| Nigeria | 88% | 872 | 1:203,629 | 8,788 |
| Philippines | 96% | 866 | 1:122,413 | 6,424 |
| Indonesia | 92% | 857 | 1:301,008 | 26,133 |
| Papua New Guinea | 80% | 837 | 1:9,740 | 977 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 787 | 1:26,428 | 3,311 |
| Ireland | 100% | 779 | 1:5,961 | 546 |
| India | 68% | 764 | 1:1,590,154 | 89,555 |
| Bahrain | - | 592 | 1:2,278 | 377 |
| Northern Ireland | 99% | 589 | 1:3,129 | 433 |
| Fiji | - | 547 | 1:1,631 | 450 |
| Oman | - | 547 | 1:7,511 | 959 |
| Portugal | - | 517 | 1:20,137 | 960 |
| Singapore | 78% | 483 | 1:13,017 | 2,564 |
| Spain | 100% | 425 | 1:109,482 | 3,031 |
| Togo | - | 412 | 1:17,571 | 2,429 |
| Brazil | 100% | 398 | 1:538,282 | 17,199 |
| Mali | - | 387 | 1:43,870 | 2,498 |
| Morocco | - | 382 | 1:89,918 | 3,081 |
| Kuwait | - | 380 | 1:9,961 | 1,200 |
| Guernsey | 100% | 333 | 1:190 | 29 |
| Iraq | 100% | 299 | 1:117,117 | 2,651 |
| Finland | 100% | 287 | 1:19,105 | 1,095 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 267 | 1:276,508 | 11,222 |
| Tonga | - | 264 | 1:407 | 94 |
| Austria | 100% | 263 | 1:32,373 | 1,195 |
| Malawi | 100% | 233 | 1:73,443 | 4,317 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Czechia | 99% | 203 | 1:52,493 | 859 |
| Greece | 100% | 203 | 1:53,865 | 1,838 |
| Qatar | 100% | 187 | 1:12,672 | 2,024 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 185 | 1:56,385 | 3,594 |
| Taiwan | 100% | 181 | 1:131,324 | 13,977 |
| South Korea | 100% | 170 | 1:32,614 | 2,592 |
| Jersey | 100% | 162 | 1:617 | 146 |
| Gabon | - | 160 | 1:11,771 | 1,796 |
| Italy | 94% | 154 | 1:396,507 | 4,558 |
| Guam | - | 129 | 1:1,245 | 277 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 123 | 1:10,551 | 1,338 |
| Uganda | 98% | 123 | 1:332,983 | 9,228 |
| Bermuda | - | 122 | 1:531 | 87 |
| Micronesia | - | 121 | 1:880 | 138 |
| Zimbabwe | 94% | 115 | 1:134,120 | 9,033 |
| Afghanistan | 56% | 113 | 1:288,704 | 6,291 |
| Botswana | - | 106 | 1:20,608 | 2,500 |
| Swaziland | - | 103 | 1:12,623 | 1,554 |
| Israel | 93% | 99 | 1:84,878 | 4,000 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 96 | 1:74,500 | 6,385 |
| Estonia | 100% | 91 | 1:14,455 | 1,406 |
| Malta | - | 91 | 1:4,718 | 654 |
| Mexico | 100% | 85 | 1:1,460,523 | 9,985 |
| Gibraltar | - | 81 | 1:421 | 86 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 79 | 1:7,140 | 663 |
| Guatemala | - | 56 | 1:287,651 | 3,507 |
| Hungary | 51% | 46 | 1:212,865 | 1,101 |
| French Polynesia | - | 43 | 1:6,463 | 978 |
| Azerbaijan | 100% | 42 | 1:229,594 | 6,832 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 40 | 1:459,487 | 16,070 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 36 | 1:600,292 | 18,392 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 35 | 1:1,508,238 | 21,293 |
| Bahamas | - | 32 | 1:12,480 | 1,165 |
| Peru | 100% | 31 | 1:1,025,531 | 13,565 |
| Jordan | 99% | 29 | 1:304,372 | 3,128 |
| Greenland | - | 27 | 1:2,088 | 367 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 27 | 1:50,423 | 4,495 |
| Ecuador | - | 26 | 1:681,805 | 6,318 |
| Iran | 100% | 26 | 1:3,019,110 | 15,152 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 25 | 1:3,401 | 160 |
| Mongolia | - | 25 | 1:117,393 | 7,151 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 25 | 1:462,041 | 849 |
| Macau | - | 24 | 1:25,342 | 410 |
| Turkey | 100% | 24 | 1:3,241,738 | 18,175 |
| Jamaica | - | 23 | 1:125,358 | 4,894 |
| Liberia | 100% | 21 | 1:210,098 | 7,343 |
| Lithuania | - | 21 | 1:140,566 | 1,726 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 21 | 1:27,665 | 2,042 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 18 | 1:6,097 | 946 |
| Zambia | - | 18 | 1:880,822 | 15,021 |
| Benin | 100% | 16 | 1:660,990 | 19,671 |
| Equatorial Guinea | - | 16 | 1:71,106 | 389 |
| Libya | - | 16 | 1:388,832 | 1,019 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 16 | 1:3,202 | 474 |
| Congo | 100% | 15 | 1:333,947 | 6,940 |
| Georgia | 89% | 15 | 1:249,231 | 6,179 |
| American Samoa | - | 14 | 1:3,989 | 735 |
| Monaco | - | 14 | 1:2,748 | 527 |
| Panama | - | 14 | 1:279,040 | 9,506 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 14 | 1:12,701 | 1,596 |
| Aruba | - | 13 | 1:7,983 | 1,397 |
| Barbados | - | 13 | 1:22,291 | 1,774 |
| Albania | 83% | 12 | 1:253,881 | 12,076 |
| Croatia | - | 12 | 1:351,423 | 4,684 |
| Kosovo | - | 12 | 1:155,120 | 6,935 |
| Laos | - | 12 | 1:548,905 | 491 |
| Syria | - | 12 | 1:1,608,840 | 3,623 |
| British Virgin Islands | - | 11 | 1:2,841 | 595 |
| Chile | 100% | 11 | 1:1,600,655 | 12,027 |
| Honduras | - | 11 | 1:801,588 | 9,931 |
| Serbia | - | 11 | 1:649,611 | 5,343 |
| Argentina | 50% | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Costa Rica | 50% | 10 | 1:476,795 | 7,334 |
| Palestine | 100% | 10 | 1:455,006 | 3,080 |
| Central African Republic | - | 9 | 1:501,710 | 504 |
| East Timor | - | 9 | 1:135,375 | 266 |
| Madagascar | - | 9 | 1:2,625,490 | 3,077 |
| Nauru | 100% | 9 | 1:1,325 | 216 |
| Nepal | 100% | 9 | 1:3,165,261 | 40,792 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 9 | 1:258 | 46 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 9 | 1:787,629 | 675 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 9 | 1:3,355,766 | 50,812 |
| Armenia | 100% | 8 | 1:364,844 | 4,921 |
| Bolivia | - | 8 | 1:1,325,176 | 3,878 |
| Dominica | - | 8 | 1:9,434 | 375 |
| Myanmar | - | 8 | 1:6,493,534 | 1,948 |
| Pakistan | 80% | 8 | 1:24,294,710 | 113,215 |
| Romania | - | 8 | 1:2,506,497 | 24,627 |
| Cook Islands | - | 7 | 1:2,593 | 418 |
| Bulgaria | 100% | 6 | 1:1,165,065 | 11,780 |
| Grenada | - | 6 | 1:18,021 | 1,808 |
| Ivory Coast | 50% | 6 | 1:3,845,989 | 64,391 |
| Namibia | - | 6 | 1:400,696 | 5,862 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 6 | 1:9,111 | 1,173 |
| Tunisia | - | 6 | 1:112,817 | 6,145 |
| Bosnia and Herzegovina | - | 5 | 1:704,892 | 5,284 |
| Curaçao | - | 5 | 1:31,161 | 859 |
| Guyana | - | 5 | 1:152,652 | 10,224 |
| Maldives | - | 5 | 1:86,781 | 2,313 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 5 | 1:710,060 | 4,535 |
| Anguilla | - | 4 | 1:3,314 | 681 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Djibouti | - | 4 | 1:228,916 | 1,301 |
| Haiti | - | 4 | 1:2,681,738 | 23,796 |
| Palau | - | 4 | 1:5,428 | 88 |
| Samoa | - | 4 | 1:48,798 | 712 |
| Vanuatu | - | 4 | 1:65,448 | 976 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 3 | 1:290,359 | 3,456 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 3 | 1:1,875,857 | 11,580 |
| North Macedonia | - | 3 | 1:696,919 | 10,674 |
| Paraguay | - | 3 | 1:2,412,268 | 9,978 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | - | 3 | 1:18,287 | 2,142 |
| Abkhazia | - | 2 | 1:121,711 | 2,524 |
| Algeria | - | 2 | 1:19,088,360 | 22,377 |
| Belize | 100% | 2 | 1:177,154 | 5,935 |
| Colombia | - | 2 | 1:23,889,463 | 63,722 |
| Faroe Islands | 100% | 2 | 1:24,564 | 1,836 |
| Guinea | - | 2 | 1:5,929,324 | 6,648 |
| Iceland | - | 2 | 1:183,008 | 5,215 |
| Latvia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,007,822 | 4,547 |
| Mauritania | 100% | 2 | 1:2,047,620 | 19,390 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | - | 2 | 1:55,790 | 4,636 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 1 | 1:99,395 | 3,544 |
| Bhutan | 100% | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Brunei | - | 1 | 1:419,570 | 3,266 |
| Cayman Islands | - | 1 | 1:61,299 | 2,487 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 1 | 1:3,142 | 392 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Lesotho | - | 1 | 1:2,039,997 | 47,971 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| New Caledonia | - | 1 | 1:270,164 | 3,221 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 1 | 1:6,018,336 | 34,175 |
| Niger | - | 1 | 1:19,183,994 | 77,442 |
| Russia | - | 1 | 1:144,233,704 | 184,271 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 1 | 1:5,829 | 386 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Slovakia | - | 1 | 1:5,310,063 | 9,949 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| Uruguay | - | 1 | 1:3,427,637 | 13,958 |
| Yemen | - | 1 | 1:26,296,751 | 14,474 |
Tim (68,580) may also be a surname.
Tim Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
The diminutive of the next. (See also at Tadgh.) timothy. Greek Timotheos, Latin Timotheus, French Timothée, means, literally, ‘fear God,’ and like other providential pre- Christian names (e. g. Theophilus) it was welcomed by the Church, especially when Timotheos, ‘the beloved disciple of the Apostle St. Paul, who ordained him Bishop of Ephesus in Asia Minor and addressed to him two of the New Testament Epistles,’ was, ca. 97, stoned to death by ‘the infuriated worshippers of the great idol, “Diana of the Ephesians’” (Benedictines). See also Tadgh.
— Name This Child (1959) by Eric Partridge
Tim Forename Popularity
Tim Demographics
Average Tim Salary in
United States
$49,172 USD
Per year
Rank:
134,710 of 531,972
Percentage of all salaries earned by bearers:
0.144171
Rank: 129 of 532,209
Percentage of national average salary:
112.96%
Sample size: 241,701 (2014)
Average Salary in
United States
$43,149 USD
Per year
Per month:
$3,596 USD
Per week:
$799 USD
Per day:
$118 USD
Phonetically Similar Names
| Forename | Similarity | Worldwide Incidence | Prevalency |
|---|---|---|---|
| Time | 86 | 12,711 | / |
| Thim | 86 | 9,463 | / |
| Tiem | 86 | 6,721 | / |
| Timm | 86 | 5,694 | / |
| Taim | 86 | 2,216 | / |
| Toim | 86 | 350 | / |
| Tiom | 86 | 136 | / |
| Timë | 86 | 123 | / |
| Timn | 86 | 120 | / |
| Tuim | 86 | 34 | / |
| Tijm | 86 | 23 | / |
| Ttim | 86 | 21 | / |
| Teim | 86 | 18 | / |
| Timh | 86 | 14 | / |
| Htim | 86 | 11 | / |
| Timt | 86 | 11 | / |
| Timg | 86 | 10 | / |
| Timd | 86 | 6 | / |
| Tism | 86 | 5 | / |
| Tihm | 86 | 5 | / |
| Dtim | 86 | 4 | / |
| Timc | 86 | 3 | / |
| Tgim | 86 | 1 | / |
| Timq | 86 | 1 | / |
| Timå | 86 | 1 | / |
| Ti'm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Titm | 86 | 1 | / |
| Thiem | 75 | 6,673 | / |
| Timme | 75 | 739 | / |
| Taime | 75 | 485 | / |
| Thaim | 75 | 396 | / |
| Thimm | 75 | 147 | / |
| Thime | 75 | 72 | / |
| Tijme | 75 | 38 | / |
| Ttiem | 75 | 30 | / |
| Theim | 75 | 28 | / |
| Tisme | 75 | 19 | / |
| Teime | 75 | 10 | / |
| Toime | 75 | 8 | / |
| Timne | 75 | 4 | / |
| Taimm | 75 | 4 | / |
| Taaim | 75 | 3 | / |
| Thijm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Ttimm | 75 | 3 | / |
| Thimh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Taism | 75 | 2 | / |
| Taimh | 75 | 2 | / |
| Timmt | 75 | 2 | / |
| Tihme | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tgaim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Twyim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tioym | 75 | 1 | / |
| Timnc | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thi'm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuism | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuimm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tuime | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thuim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Thoim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Timnt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Timnk | 75 | 1 | / |
| Timhe | 75 | 1 | / |
| Timgh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tim'm | 75 | 1 | / |
| Timzz | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tijmt | 75 | 1 | / |
| Dthim | 75 | 1 | / |
| Toimh | 75 | 1 | / |
| Tin | 67 | 444,868 | / |
| Tem | 67 | 8,602 | / |
| Tym | 67 | 1,542 | / |
| Tjm | 67 | 422 | / |
| Thaime | 67 | 65 | / |
| Thimme | 67 | 56 | / |
| Thijme | 67 | 25 | / |
| Taheim | 67 | 12 | / |
| Timova | 67 | 11 | / |
| Theime | 67 | 4 | / |
| Taimme | 67 | 4 | / |
| Timowa | 67 | 4 | / |
| Ta'aim | 67 | 3 | / |
| Tthimm | 67 | 3 | / |
| Theism | 67 | 2 | / |
| Timgue | 67 | 2 | / |
| Thaism | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thaitm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tahgim | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thoime | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tým | 67 | 1 | / |
| Tım | 67 | 1 | / |
| Hthimm | 67 | 1 | / |
| Thaimt | 67 | 1 | / |
Tim Name Transliterations
| Transliteration | ICU Latin | Percentage of Incidence |
|---|---|---|
| Tim in the Russian language | ||
| Тим | tim | - |
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Footnotes
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- Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
- Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Tim