Timothy Forename
498th
Most Common
name in the World
Approximately 1,482,796 people bear this name
Most prevalent in:
United States
Highest density in:
Isle of Man
Timothy Forename Definition:
A male name. Greek τιμόθεος, compound of τιμή) ‘honour’, ‘respect’, and θεός ‘god’. It was the name of the convert and companion of St Paul, to whom two of his epistles are addressed. It did not come into use in England until after the Reformation.
Read More About This ForenameTimothy Forename Distribution
| Place | Gender | Incidence | Frequency | Rank in Area |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| United States | 100% | 903,863 | 1:401 | 58 |
| Nigeria | 100% | 141,631 | 1:1,254 | 219 |
| England | 100% | 98,662 | 1:564 | 128 |
| Kenya | 100% | 65,880 | 1:703 | 136 |
| Malawi | 99% | 23,521 | 1:728 | 160 |
| Zimbabwe | 99% | 23,165 | 1:666 | 113 |
| South Africa | 100% | 22,397 | 1:2,435 | 416 |
| Zambia | - | 21,561 | 1:735 | 159 |
| Uganda | 100% | 21,487 | 1:1,906 | 291 |
| Ghana | 100% | 18,541 | 1:1,455 | 274 |
| Ireland | 100% | 17,641 | 1:263 | 47 |
| Papua New Guinea | 98% | 14,920 | 1:546 | 60 |
| Canada | 100% | 12,593 | 1:2,631 | 503 |
| Australia | - | 11,412 | 1:1,197 | 247 |
| Sudan | 100% | 6,743 | 1:5,607 | 873 |
| Philippines | 99% | 5,803 | 1:18,268 | 1,980 |
| Wales | 100% | 5,491 | 1:564 | 131 |
| Cameroon | 100% | 4,737 | 1:4,562 | 733 |
| Rwanda | 100% | 4,593 | 1:2,476 | 533 |
| Liberia | 99% | 4,444 | 1:993 | 194 |
| Tanzania | 100% | 4,124 | 1:12,800 | 1,525 |
| Thailand | 100% | 4,031 | 1:17,382 | 2,479 |
| Malaysia | 98% | 2,438 | 1:12,490 | 1,370 |
| Scotland | 100% | 2,342 | 1:2,285 | 317 |
| Bangladesh | - | 2,108 | 1:75,646 | 5,664 |
| Solomon Islands | 100% | 2,059 | 1:282 | 49 |
| Belgium | 100% | 2,037 | 1:5,641 | 799 |
| Isle of Man | 100% | 1,856 | 1:46 | 3 |
| New Zealand | - | 1,790 | 1:2,534 | 449 |
| Netherlands | 100% | 1,772 | 1:9,538 | 1,200 |
| India | 100% | 1,613 | 1:753,179 | 53,764 |
| Jamaica | - | 1,423 | 1:2,026 | 450 |
| France | 100% | 1,398 | 1:47,547 | 1,476 |
| Indonesia | 100% | 1,295 | 1:199,200 | 19,266 |
| Poland | 100% | 1,178 | 1:32,281 | 999 |
| Sri Lanka | - | 1,145 | 1:18,165 | 2,459 |
| Ethiopia | - | 1,040 | 1:93,808 | 6,821 |
| Northern Ireland | 100% | 1,020 | 1:1,807 | 313 |
| Togo | - | 989 | 1:7,320 | 1,126 |
| Germany | 100% | 983 | 1:98,350 | 2,102 |
| Brazil | 100% | 906 | 1:236,464 | 9,945 |
| Trinidad and Tobago | 100% | 897 | 1:1,518 | 287 |
| Swaziland | - | 846 | 1:1,537 | 359 |
| Singapore | 100% | 770 | 1:8,165 | 1,556 |
| Dominican Republic | - | 717 | 1:14,548 | 1,511 |
| Sweden | 100% | 715 | 1:13,787 | 1,090 |
| Botswana | 100% | 644 | 1:3,392 | 598 |
| Hong Kong | - | 641 | 1:12,095 | 1,169 |
| Bahamas | - | 565 | 1:707 | 176 |
| Vanuatu | - | 530 | 1:494 | 113 |
| Fiji | - | 432 | 1:2,066 | 573 |
| Guyana | 100% | 398 | 1:1,918 | 365 |
| China | - | 386 | 1:3,539,005 | 51,242 |
| Barbados | - | 359 | 1:807 | 188 |
| Japan | - | 356 | 1:359,511 | 9,425 |
| Switzerland | 100% | 349 | 1:23,534 | 1,538 |
| Saudi Arabia | - | 291 | 1:105,885 | 10,050 |
| Saint Lucia | 100% | 283 | 1:628 | 78 |
| Curaçao | 100% | 277 | 1:562 | 174 |
| Spain | 100% | 261 | 1:178,276 | 3,851 |
| Egypt | - | 260 | 1:353,465 | 10,818 |
| Namibia | - | 255 | 1:9,428 | 1,173 |
| Jersey | - | 248 | 1:403 | 91 |
| Kuwait | - | 247 | 1:15,325 | 1,724 |
| Italy | 98% | 223 | 1:273,821 | 3,531 |
| Bahrain | - | 222 | 1:6,075 | 981 |
| Suriname | 100% | 214 | 1:2,583 | 601 |
| Norway | 100% | 205 | 1:25,036 | 1,383 |
| Ecuador | - | 188 | 1:94,292 | 2,390 |
| Samoa | - | 183 | 1:1,067 | 329 |
| Guam | - | 175 | 1:918 | 202 |
| Malta | - | 159 | 1:2,700 | 465 |
| Czechia | 100% | 157 | 1:67,874 | 964 |
| Belize | 100% | 144 | 1:2,460 | 562 |
| Denmark | - | 142 | 1:39,785 | 1,680 |
| South Korea | 100% | 140 | 1:39,603 | 2,946 |
| Morocco | - | 136 | 1:252,564 | 6,008 |
| United States Virgin Islands | - | 132 | 1:831 | 150 |
| Austria | 100% | 123 | 1:69,221 | 1,758 |
| Cayman Islands | 100% | 120 | 1:511 | 74 |
| Iraq | - | 116 | 1:301,878 | 4,283 |
| Micronesia | - | 113 | 1:942 | 147 |
| Guernsey | - | 109 | 1:581 | 140 |
| Russia | 100% | 95 | 1:1,518,250 | 11,258 |
| Chile | 100% | 92 | 1:191,383 | 3,597 |
| Qatar | 100% | 92 | 1:25,757 | 3,566 |
| Israel | 92% | 85 | 1:98,858 | 4,328 |
| Northern Mariana Islands | - | 84 | 1:651 | 111 |
| Portugal | - | 83 | 1:125,432 | 3,169 |
| Grenada | 100% | 80 | 1:1,352 | 278 |
| Cambodia | 67% | 76 | 1:214,123 | 6,696 |
| DR Congo | 100% | 75 | 1:984,368 | 29,064 |
| Estonia | 100% | 71 | 1:18,526 | 1,627 |
| Marshall Islands | 100% | 69 | 1:742 | 70 |
| Mexico | 100% | 67 | 1:1,852,902 | 11,367 |
| Dominica | - | 66 | 1:1,144 | 221 |
| Turks and Caicos Islands | 100% | 66 | 1:526 | 83 |
| Bermuda | - | 62 | 1:1,046 | 227 |
| Greece | 100% | 60 | 1:182,242 | 3,865 |
| Finland | 100% | 59 | 1:92,935 | 2,306 |
| Antigua and Barbuda | - | 58 | 1:1,714 | 364 |
| Lesotho | 100% | 54 | 1:37,778 | 4,189 |
| Afghanistan | - | 51 | 1:639,677 | 9,552 |
| Mozambique | - | 49 | 1:555,987 | 1,346 |
| Myanmar | - | 49 | 1:1,060,169 | 627 |
| Saint Vincent and the Grenadines | 100% | 49 | 1:2,277 | 426 |
| Taiwan | 70% | 48 | 1:495,202 | 27,983 |
| Nauru | 100% | 47 | 1:254 | 24 |
| Luxembourg | 100% | 41 | 1:13,757 | 993 |
| American Samoa | - | 37 | 1:1,509 | 210 |
| Vietnam | 100% | 37 | 1:2,503,327 | 3,254 |
| Puerto Rico | - | 35 | 1:101,437 | 1,901 |
| Cyprus | 100% | 33 | 1:26,396 | 1,486 |
| Panama | 100% | 32 | 1:122,080 | 5,617 |
| Brunei | - | 29 | 1:14,468 | 942 |
| Costa Rica | 100% | 27 | 1:176,591 | 4,323 |
| Pakistan | 100% | 22 | 1:8,834,440 | 66,641 |
| Saint Kitts and Nevis | 100% | 21 | 1:2,612 | 559 |
| British Virgin Islands | 100% | 20 | 1:1,562 | 349 |
| Seychelles | - | 19 | 1:4,877 | 888 |
| Nicaragua | 100% | 18 | 1:334,352 | 6,829 |
| Honduras | 100% | 17 | 1:518,675 | 7,750 |
| Hungary | 100% | 17 | 1:575,987 | 2,039 |
| Iceland | - | 16 | 1:22,876 | 1,561 |
| Peru | 100% | 16 | 1:1,986,966 | 20,449 |
| Sierra Leone | - | 16 | 1:443,041 | 536 |
| United Arab Emirates | - | 16 | 1:447,000 | 16,807 |
| Venezuela | 100% | 14 | 1:2,157,278 | 37,130 |
| Cook Islands | 100% | 13 | 1:1,396 | 227 |
| Macau | - | 12 | 1:50,684 | 561 |
| Burkina Faso | 100% | 11 | 1:1,670,861 | 39,584 |
| Argentina | - | 10 | 1:4,277,324 | 11,519 |
| Croatia | 100% | 9 | 1:468,564 | 5,419 |
| Gibraltar | - | 9 | 1:3,793 | 625 |
| Guatemala | 100% | 9 | 1:1,789,825 | 5,607 |
| Slovenia | 100% | 9 | 1:273,195 | 4,351 |
| Kazakhstan | 100% | 8 | 1:2,218,356 | 16,526 |
| Nepal | - | 8 | 1:3,560,919 | 43,416 |
| Anguilla | 100% | 7 | 1:1,894 | 342 |
| Benin | - | 7 | 1:1,510,835 | 32,846 |
| Falkland Islands | - | 7 | 1:449 | 81 |
| Serbia | - | 7 | 1:1,020,817 | 6,233 |
| Congo | 100% | 6 | 1:834,868 | 13,992 |
| Slovakia | 100% | 6 | 1:885,010 | 3,389 |
| Turkey | 100% | 6 | 1:12,966,952 | 37,072 |
| Ukraine | - | 6 | 1:7,583,318 | 11,559 |
| Mauritius | 100% | 5 | 1:259,557 | 4,811 |
| Monaco | 100% | 5 | 1:7,693 | 1,062 |
| Yemen | - | 5 | 1:5,259,350 | 4,986 |
| Albania | - | 4 | 1:761,642 | 22,793 |
| Algeria | - | 4 | 1:9,544,180 | 14,095 |
| Belarus | 100% | 4 | 1:2,370,596 | 9,928 |
| Burundi | - | 4 | 1:2,476,640 | 1,357 |
| Chad | - | 4 | 1:3,399,600 | 8,891 |
| Guinea | - | 4 | 1:2,964,662 | 5,204 |
| Laos | - | 4 | 1:1,646,714 | 900 |
| Lebanon | 100% | 4 | 1:1,406,893 | 10,167 |
| Mali | - | 4 | 1:4,244,439 | 5,329 |
| Mongolia | - | 4 | 1:733,704 | 10,632 |
| Saint Helena, Ascension and Tristan da Cunha | - | 4 | 1:1,457 | 226 |
| Tunisia | - | 4 | 1:169,226 | 7,289 |
| Colombia | 100% | 3 | 1:15,926,309 | 51,235 |
| Niger | - | 3 | 1:6,394,665 | 47,369 |
| Oman | - | 3 | 1:1,369,556 | 7,879 |
| Romania | - | 3 | 1:6,683,992 | 44,661 |
| Armenia | - | 2 | 1:1,459,376 | 10,220 |
| Georgia | 100% | 2 | 1:1,869,233 | 20,119 |
| Haiti | - | 2 | 1:5,363,476 | 32,317 |
| Uruguay | - | 2 | 1:1,713,818 | 10,870 |
| Andorra | - | 1 | 1:82,887 | 1,356 |
| Angola | - | 1 | 1:26,966,606 | 7,835 |
| Aruba | - | 1 | 1:103,780 | 2,838 |
| Azerbaijan | - | 1 | 1:9,642,944 | 42,290 |
| Bhutan | - | 1 | 1:824,928 | 6,865 |
| Bolivia | - | 1 | 1:10,601,404 | 9,299 |
| Bulgaria | - | 1 | 1:6,990,390 | 27,036 |
| Cape Verde | 100% | 1 | 1:529,151 | 6,361 |
| Cuba | - | 1 | 1:11,506,552 | 13,531 |
| Djibouti | - | 1 | 1:915,664 | 2,132 |
| El Salvador | - | 1 | 1:6,341,786 | 16,428 |
| French Polynesia | - | 1 | 1:277,902 | 3,605 |
| Gambia | - | 1 | 1:1,926,596 | 1,391 |
| Iran | - | 1 | 1:78,496,868 | 65,150 |
| Ivory Coast | - | 1 | 1:23,075,933 | 135,227 |
| Jordan | 100% | 1 | 1:8,826,774 | 11,126 |
| Kyrgyzstan | 100% | 1 | 1:5,973,277 | 46,622 |
| Libya | - | 1 | 1:6,221,309 | 3,060 |
| Liechtenstein | - | 1 | 1:37,856 | 1,091 |
| Lithuania | - | 1 | 1:2,951,882 | 5,377 |
| Madagascar | - | 1 | 1:23,629,408 | 6,628 |
| Maldives | - | 1 | 1:433,903 | 5,827 |
| Moldova | - | 1 | 1:3,561,139 | 8,690 |
| Montenegro | - | 1 | 1:634,576 | 4,914 |
| Montserrat | - | 1 | 1:4,876 | 752 |
| Niue | - | 1 | 1:1,604 | 70 |
| Norfolk Island | - | 1 | 1:2,324 | 291 |
| Paraguay | 100% | 1 | 1:7,236,805 | 16,549 |
| San Marino | - | 1 | 1:32,920 | 787 |
| Senegal | - | 1 | 1:14,581,356 | 34,505 |
| Somalia | - | 1 | 1:13,525,867 | 7,760 |
| South Sudan | 100% | 1 | 1:11,551,019 | 3,224 |
| Tonga | - | 1 | 1:107,436 | 779 |
Timothy (101,396) may also be a surname.
Timothy Forename Meaning
From Where Does The Surname Originate? meaning and history
A male name. Greek τιμόθεος, compound of τιμή) ‘honour’, ‘respect’, and θεός ‘god’. It was the name of the convert and companion of St Paul, to whom two of his epistles are addressed. It did not come into use in England until after the Reformation. (The common surnames Tims, Timms, &c., are from an Old English name cognate with Old German Thiemmo, which developed into Thim or Tim.) Timothy has been used a good deal in Ireland (usually abbreviated to Tim) to represent the native Tadhgh (q.v.). A f. form Timothia occurs at Burtonwood, Lancs, in 1702.
— The Oxford Dictionary of Christian Names (1947) by E. G. Withycombe
A name derived from the Greek name Τιμοθεος, signifying ‘honouring or worshipping God;’ from τιμαω, to honour, &c.
— Prænomina (1882) by Richard Stephen Charnock
Tim'-o-the. See Timotheus.
— The Proper Names of The Bible (1855) by John Farrar
Meaning: honoring God.
— A Dictionary of the Proper Names of the Old and New Testament (1909) by James Beaumont Jackson
A Hebrew name, meaning: God-fearing: honoring God.
— Dictionary of Given Names with Origins and Meanings (1934) by Flora Haines Loughead
Timothy Forename Popularity
Timothy Demographics
Average Male Timothy Height
176.98 cm
Average male height (US):
175.3 cm
Sample size: 28,065 (2014)
Sample is predominantly from Anglosphere countries
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