Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the

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name ( Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries.

People

Given name

* Timothy (given name), including a list of people with the name *

Tim (given name) Tim is a name, originally a short form of Timothy (given name), Timothy. It is a version of the Greek language, Greek name (Timotheus, Timόtheos) meaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god". ''Tim'' (and its variati ...

* Timmy * Timo * Timotheus *

Timothée Timothée is a French masculine given name. It is the French variant of the Greek language, ancient Greek given name Τιμόθεος (Timotheos) meaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god"., . The Latin language, Lat ...

Timoteo (given name) The name Timoteo is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Italian form of the Greek language, Greek name (Timόtheos), equal to the name Timothy (given name), Timothy in English. It comes from the Greek words timḗ (honor, respect) and theos (God). Thus t ...

Surname

* Bankole Timothy (1923–1994), Sierra Leonean journalist *

Christopher Timothy Christopher Timothy (born 14 October 1940) is a British actor and narrator. He is known for his roles as James Herriot in '' All Creatures Great and Small'', Mac McGuire in the BBC One daytime soap opera '' Doctors'' and Ted Murray in the BBC ...

(born 1940), Welsh actor * Miriam Timothy (1879–1950), British harpist *

Nick Timothy Nicholas James Timothy (born March 1980) is a British politician and former special adviser who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for West Suffolk since 2024. A member of the Conservative Party, he previously served as joint Downing ...

(born 1980), British political adviser

Mononym

Saint Timothy Timothy or Timothy of Ephesus (Greek language, Greek: , ''Timótheos'', meaning "honouring God" or "honoured by God") was an early Christian Evangelism, evangelist and the first Christianity, Christian bishop of Ephesus, whom the Acts of Timothy ...

, a companion and co-worker of Paul the Apostle * Timothy I (Nestorian patriarch)

Education

* Timothy Christian School (Illinois), a school system in Elmhurst, Illinois * Timothy Christian School (New Jersey), a school in Piscataway, New Jersey

Arts and entertainment

* "Timothy" (song), a 1970 song by The Buoys * ''

Timothy Goes to School ''Timothy Goes to School'' is a preschool children's animated television series based on books by Rosemary Wells, but is titled after the book of the same name. The series is a co-production with Nelvana Limited and Animation Services (Hong Kon ...

'', a Canadian-Chinese children's animated series * ''Timothy'' (TV film), a 2014 Australian television comedy * '' Timothy Turtle'', a 1946 picture book by Al Graham * ''

The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim ''The Adventures of Timothy Pilgrim'' was a children's television serial consisting of ten 15-minute installments which originally aired in 1975 on Canada's TVOntario and was rerun countless times afterward over the next decade on TVO as well as o ...

'', a 1975 Canadian children's television program

Places

Timothy, Tennessee Timothy is an unincorporated community in Overton County, Tennessee, United States. It is concentrated around the intersection of State Route 52 and State Route 136 between Livingston and Celina, and lies just north of Standing Stone State Par ...

, an unincorporated town in Overton County, Tennessee * Chief Timothy State Park, a former state park in Asotin County, Washington

Other uses

Timothy-grass Timothy (''Phleum pratense'') is an abundant perennial grass native to most of Europe except for the Mediterranean region. It is also known as timothy-grass, meadow cat's-tail or common cat's tail. It is a member of the genus '' Phleum'', cons ...

, a type of grass *

Timothy (tortoise) Timothy (c. 1844 – 3 April 2004) was a Mediterranean spur-thighed tortoise, estimated to be about 160 years old at the time of her death. This made her the UK's oldest known animal resident. In spite of her name, Timothy was female; gende ...

, a tortoise in the UK *

First Timothy The First Epistle to Timothy is one of three letters in the New Testament of the Bible often grouped together as the pastoral epistles, along with Second Epistle to Timothy, Second Timothy and Epistle to Titus, Titus. The letter, traditionall ...

and

Second Timothy The Second Epistle to Timothy is one of the three pastoral epistles traditionally attributed to Paul the Apostle.. Addressed to Saint Timothy, Timothy, a fellow missionary, it is traditionally considered to be the last epistle Paul wrote before ...

, Pauline epistles from the New Testament of the Christian Bible.