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 Greek may refer to: Greece Anything of, from, or related to Greece, a country in Southern Europe: *Greeks, an ethnic group. *Greek language, a branch of the Indo-European language family. **Proto-Greek language, the assumed last common ancestor ...

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

* Timmy Allen (born 2000), an American basketball player *

Timmy Chang Timothy Kealii'okaaina Awa Chang (born October 9, 1981) is an American football coach and former quarterback who is currently the head coach of the Hawaii Rainbow Warriors. During his playing career at Hawaii, he set several major college footba ...

(born 1981), American college football coach and former quarterback *

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 *

Timmy Dooley Timmy Dooley (born 13 February 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as a Senator since June 2020, after being nominated by the Taoiseach, and previously from 2002 to 2007 for the Administrative Panel. He served as a Teachta ...

(born 1969), Irish politician * Timmy Duggan (born 1982), American retired road racing cyclist * Timmy Fitzpatrick, 1940s hurling goalkeeper * Timmy Hammersley (born 1987), Irish hurler *

Timmy Hansen Kenneth Timmy Hansen (born 21 May 1992) is a rallycross driver from Sweden. He won the 2019 FIA World Rallycross Championship in the FIA World Rallycross Championship, driving for Team Peugeot-Hansen. His father is the 14-times European Rallycr ...

(born 1992), Swedish rallycross driver *

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 * Timmy Horne (born 1997), American football player *

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 * Timmy Kelleher (born 1970), Irish retired hurler *

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 hi ...

(born 1955), English TV presenter, broadcaster and artist * Timmy Matley, lead singer of the British group the Overtones *

Timmy Murphy 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 ...

(born 1974), Irish jockey *

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 *

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 *

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 *

Timmy Simons Timmy Simons (born 11 December 1976) is a Belgian former professional footballer who played as a defensive midfielder. He was known for his tireless work ethic and penalty-taking ability, having scored 48 competitive goals through penalties, mi ...

(born 1976), Belgian footballer *

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 *

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 *

Timmy Thomas Timothy Earle Thomas (November 13, 1944 – March 11, 2022) was an American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter, and record producer, best known for the hit song, "Why Can't We Live Together". Life and career Thomas was born in Evansville, In ...

(born 1944), American R&B singer, keyboardist, songwriter and record producer *

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 *

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'' *

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 ...

'' * Timmy, a lamb from the animated television series ''

Shaun the Sheep ''Shaun the Sheep'' is a British stop-motion television series and a spin-off of the ''Wallace and Gromit'' franchise. The title character is Shaun (previously featured as the sheep named "Shaun" in the 1995 short film ''A Close Shave'' and t ...

'' 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 ...

'' * 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'' * Timmy Brisby a young mouse in the 1982 film adaptation ''

The Secret of NIMH ''The Secret of NIMH'' is a 1982 American animated fantasy adventure film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut and based on Robert C. O'Brien's 1971 children's novel, '' Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of NIMH''. The film features the voices ...

'' *

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'' *

Timmy Lenox Timmy Lenox is a fictional character from the NBC/DirecTV daytime drama ''Passions'' portrayed by Josh Ryan Evans. The actor died of a congenital heart defect the very day his character Timmy died on the show and donated his heart to Charity Stand ...

, on the soap opera ''Passions'' * Timmy Martin, the boy who owns the dog Lassie in the long-running TV series ''Lassie'' *

, British children's TV character. *

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. *

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

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

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