Timmy, or sometimes Timmie, is a masculine name, a short form of
Timothy or
Tim. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but is often used in adulthood. It is a version of the
Greek name (
Timόtheos) meaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god".
[, .] ''Tim'' (and its variations) is a common name in several countries.
People
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Timmy Allen
Timmy Allen (born January 9, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Texas Longhorns of the Big 12 Conference. He previously played for the Utah Utes.
High school career
Allen grew up playing baseball, football and basketball. He ...
(born 2000), an American basketball player
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Timmy Chang (born 1981), American college football coach and former quarterback
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Timmy Chipeco
Justin Marc San Buenaventura Chipeco (April 6, 1975), more commonly known as Timmy Chipeco, is a Filipino lawyer and politician who is the incumbent city mayor of Calamba, Laguna. He is also a former member of the House of Representatives of t ...
(born 1975), Filipino politician
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Timmy Dooley
Timmy Dooley (born 13 February 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Seanad Éireann, Senator since June 2020, after being Nominated members of Seanad Éireann, nominated by the Taoiseach, and previously from 2002 to 2007 ...
(born 1969), Irish politician
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Timmy Duggan
Timothy Duggan (born November 14, 1982) is a retired American professional road racing cyclist, who competed as a professional between 2005 and 2013. Duggan turned professional in 2005 with , and after six years with the squad, Duggan left for i ...
(born 1982), American retired road racing cyclist
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Timmy Fitzpatrick
Timmy Fitzpatrick was an inter-county hurling player with Laois GAA, Laois and Kilcotton. He was Laois's first choice goalkeeper in the 1940s and he gave some heroic displays. In the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final against Tip ...
, 1940s hurling goalkeeper
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Timmy Hammersley
Timmy Hammersley (born 12 December 1987) is an Irish sportsperson. He plays hurling with his local club Clonoulty–Rossmore and with the Tipperary senior inter-county team.
Career
Hammersley was part of the Tipperary Under 21 Hurling panel i ...
(born 1987), Irish hurler
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Timmy Hansen (born 1992), Swedish rallycross driver
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Timmy Hill
Timothy G. Hill (born February 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes full-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 56 Toyota Tundra for his own team, Hill Motorsports and part ...
(born 1993), American stock car racing driver
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Timmy Horne
Timothy "Timmy" Horne (born October 25, 1997) is an American football nose tackle for the Atlanta Falcons of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Charlotte 49ers football, Charlotte and Kansas State Wildcats football, ...
(born 1997), American football player
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Timmy Jernigan
Timothy Lenord Jernigan Jr. (born September 24, 1992) is a former American football defensive end. He was drafted by the Baltimore Ravens in the second round of the 2014 NFL Draft. He played college football at Florida State.
High school care ...
(born 1992), American National Football League player
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Timmy Kelleher
Timothy M. Kelleher (born 20 June 1970) is an Irish former sportsperson. He played hurling with his local club Erin's Own and was a member of the Cork
Cork or CORK may refer to:
Materials
* Cork (material), an impermeable buoyant plant prod ...
(born 1970), Irish retired hurler
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Timmy Mallett
Timothy Luke Mallett (born 18 October 1955) is an English TV presenter, broadcaster, and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses, loud shirts, and giant pink foam mallet, known as "Mallett's Mallet", as well as his ...
(born 1955), English TV presenter, broadcaster and artist
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Timmy Matley, lead singer of the British group the Overtones
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Timmy Murphy (born 1974), Irish jockey
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Timmy O'Dowd
Timothy O'Dowd (born 1963) is an Irish retired Gaelic footballer. His league and championship career with the Kerry senior team spanned six seasons from 1983 to 1988.
Born in Tralee, County Kerry, O'Dowd was born into a strong Gaelic football ...
(born 1963), Irish Gaelic footballer
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Timmy Payungka Tjapangati
Timmy Payungka (1942 – 7 May 2000) was an Aboriginal Australian artist, a Pintupi man who worked at the Papunya Tula school of painting. He was born at Parayirpilynga, near Wilkinkarra (Lake Mackay) in the Pilbara region of Western Austra ...
(c. 1942–2000), Australian Aboriginal artist
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Timmy Pettersson
Timmy Andreas Pettersson (born March 15, 1977 in Gislaved, Sweden) is a professional Swedish ice hockey player. He is currently a defenseman serving as team captain for Djurgårdens IF Hockey in Hockeyallsvenskan
HockeyAllsvenskan (previously ...
(born 1977), Swedish ice hockey player
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Timmy Simons (born 1976), Belgian footballer
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Timmy Smith
Timothy LaRay Smith (born January 21, 1964) is an American former professional football player who was a running back in the National Football League (NFL) for the Washington Redskins and the Dallas Cowboys. He played college football for th ...
(born 1964), American former National Football League player
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Timmy Thiele
Timmy Dennis Mario Thiele (born 31 July 1991) is a German professional footballer who plays as a forward.
Career
Thiele scored his first goal for Burton Albion in a 5–1 win over Colchester United on 28 November 2015. He joined Oldham Athleti ...
(born 1991), German footballer
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Timmy Thomas (born 1944), American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer
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Timmy Trumpet
Timothy Jude Smith (born 9 June 1982), known by his stage name Timmy Trumpet, is an Australian musician, DJ, songwriter and record producer. He has become known internationally for playing the trumpet live and making use of jazz elements in dan ...
, stage name of Australian house DJ and producer Timothy Jude Smith
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Timmy Williams
Timmy Williams (born April 10, 1981) is an American comedian and radio personality. He is a member of the sketch comedy troupe ''The Whitest Kids U' Know'', and starred in its eponymous television show, which ran for five seasons.
Career
Willi ...
(born 1981), American comedian and member of ''The Whitest Kids U' Know''
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Timmy Yip
Tim Yip Kam-tim (; born 1967) is a Hong Kong art director and designer for fiction films. He is best known for his work on the 2000 martial arts film '' Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon'', for which he won an Academy Award for Best Art Direction ...
(born 1967), film art director and designer
Fictional characters
* Timmy, a
dog from ''The Famous Five'' series by Enid Blyton
* Timmy, a large green monster on ''
The Muppet Show
''The Muppet Show'' is a sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and featuring the Muppets. The series originated as two pilot episodes produced by Henson for ABC in 1974 and 1975. While neither episode was moved forward as a ser ...
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* Timmy, a lamb from the animated television series ''
Shaun the Sheep'' and its spin-off ''
Timmy Time
''Timmy Time'' is a British preschool stop-motion clay animated television programme created and produced by Jackie Cockle for the BBC's CBeebies and produced by Aardman Animations. It started broadcasting in the United Kingdom on 6 April 20 ...
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* Timmy, a
character from the animated television series ''Winx Club''
* Timmy Baterman, a fictional character from
Stephen King
Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author of horror, supernatural fiction, suspense, crime, science-fiction, and fantasy novels. Described as the "King of Horror", a play on his surname and a reference to his high s ...
's novel ''
Pet Semetary
''Pet Sematary'' is a 1983 horror novel by American writer Stephen King. The novel was nominated for a World Fantasy Award for Best Novel in 1984, and adapted into two films: one in 1989 and another in 2019. In November 2013, PS Publishing rel ...
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* Timmy Brisby a young mouse in the 1982 film adaptation ''
The Secret of NIMH''
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Timmy Burch
'' South Park'' is an American animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. The ongoing narrative revolves around five children, Stan Marsh, Eric Cartman, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny M ...
, a wheelchair-using character with a cognitive disability on the TV series ''South Park''
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Timmy Lenox, on the soap opera ''Passions''
* Timmy Martin, the boy who owns the dog Lassie in the long-running TV series ''Lassie''
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Timmy Time
''Timmy Time'' is a British preschool stop-motion clay animated television programme created and produced by Jackie Cockle for the BBC's CBeebies and produced by Aardman Animations. It started broadcasting in the United Kingdom on 6 April 20 ...
, British children's TV character.
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The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth
''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'' is an American direct-to-video musical puppet series produced by Bomp Productions and MCA/Universal Home Video. The episodes were released from 1994 to 1996.
Production
The series was created by puppeteers ...
, animated children's TV character.
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Timmy Turner
This article features an extensive cast of characters from the Nickelodeon animated series ''The Fairly OddParents'', created by Butch Hartman.
Main Timmy Turner
Timothy Tiberius Turner is a 10-year-old boy who was given fairy godparents to gran ...
, from the animated television series ''The Fairly OddParents''
Animals
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Timmy (gorilla)
Timmy (1959 – August 2, 2011) was a western lowland gorilla (''Gorilla gorilla gorilla'') and a 25-year-long resident of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo. He was primarily housed indoors at the Zoo's Primate, Cat & Aquatics building. The even-temp ...
(1959–2011), a longtime resident of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo
See also
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Timmie, given name
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Timme Timme is a given name and surname. Notable people with the name include:
Given name
*Timme Hoyng (born 1976), Dutch field hockey player
* Timme Rosenkrantz (1911–1969), Danish aristocrat, author and jazz enthusiast
Surname
*Drew Timme (born 2000 ...
, given name and surname
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Timothy
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Tim (given name)
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Timo
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Timotheus
Timotheus is a masculine male name. It is a latinized version of the Greek name (Timόtheos) mmeaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god"., . The English version '' Timothy'' (and its variations) is a common name in ...
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Timothée
Timothée is a French masculine given name. It is the French variant of the ancient Greek given name Τιμόθεος ( Timotheos) meaning "one who honours God", from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god"., . The Latin equivalent is Timotheus. Its ...
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Timothy (disambiguation)
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Tim (disambiguation)
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Timoti (disambiguation)
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Drew Timme
Andrew Matthew Timme (; born September 9, 2000) is an American college basketball player for the Gonzaga Bulldogs of the West Coast Conference (WCC).
Early life and high school career
Timme grew up in the northern Dallas suburb of Richardson, Te ...
(born 2000), American basketball player whose surname is pronounced "Timmy"
References
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