Timmy is a masculine name, a short form of

Timothy Timothy is a masculine name. It comes from the Greek language, Greek name (Timotheus (disambiguation), Timόtheos) meaning "honouring God", "in God's honour", or "honoured by God". Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries ...

or Tim. This variation is popular as a nickname and is commonly used when someone is young, but it is also used in adulthood. It is a version of the

Greek Greek may refer to: 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 of all kno ...

name ( Timόtheos) meaning "one who honours God," from τιμή "honour" and θεός "god.", . Variant spellings include Timmie and Timme.

People

Timmy Allen Timmy Allen (born January 9, 2000) is an American professional basketball player for Filou Oostende of the BNXT League. He played college basketball for the Utah Utes and the Texas Longhorns. High school career Allen grew up playing baseball, f ...

(born 2000), 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 foot ...

(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 served as city mayor of Calamba, Laguna from 2013 to 2022. He is also a former member of the House of Represen ...

(born 1975), Filipino politician *

Timmy Dooley Timmy Dooley (born 13 February 1969) is an Irish Fianna Fáil politician who has served as Minister of State at the Department of Agriculture, Food, Fisheries and the Marine and Minister of State at the Department of Climate, Energy and the En ...

(born 1969), Irish politician *

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 (Slipstream Sports), which morphed into Garmin. After ...

(born 1982), American road racing cyclist *

Timmy Fitzpatrick Timmy Fitzpatrick is a former inter-county hurling player with Laois and Kilcotton. He was Laois's first choice goalkeeper in the 1940s. In the 1949 All-Ireland Senior Hurling Championship final against Tipperary, Fitzpatrick was lauded as a La ...

, Irish hurling goalkeeper of the 1940s *

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 ...

(born 1987), Irish hurler *

Timmy Hansen Kenneth Timmy Hansen (born 21 May 1992) is a Swedish rallycross driver. 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 Rallycross Ch ...

(born 1992), Swedish rallycross driver *

Timmy Hill Timothy Grant Hill (born February 25, 1993) is an American professional stock car racing driver and team owner. He competes part-time in the NASCAR Craftsman Truck Series, driving the No. 56 Toyota Tundra for his 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 an American former professional football player who was a defensive end. He was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the second round of the 2014 NFL draft. He played college football for t ...

(born 1992), American National Football League player *

Timmy Kelleher Timothy M. Kelleher (born 24 November 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 ...

(born 1970), Irish hurler *

Timmy Mallett Timmy Mallett (born 18 October 1955) is an English television presenter, broadcaster, author and artist. He is known for his striking visual style, colourful glasses and shirts, and a giant pink foam mallet (known as "Mallett's Mallet"), as we ...

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

Timmy Murphy Timothy James Murphy (born 20 August 1974 in County Kildare, Republic of Ireland, Ireland), known as Timmy Murphy, is a retired Irish jockey who competed mostly in National Hunt racing, National Hunt racing. A multiple Grade 1-winning rider, h ...

(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 Austral ...

(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 (previous ...

(born 1977), Swedish ice hockey player *

Timmy Simons Timmy Simons (born 11 December 1976) is a Belgian professional association football, football coach and a former defensive midfielder who is the manager of K.V.C. Westerlo, Westerlo. He was known for his tireless work ethic and Penalty kick (a ...

(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 the ...

(born 1964), American National Football League player * Timmy Thiele (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, ...

(1944–2022), 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 (born 1981), American comedian and member of ''The Whitest Kids U' Know'' *

Timmy Yip Timothy Yip Kam-tim (; born 1967) is a Hong Kong Art director#In film, 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 Awar ...

(born 1967), Hong Kong 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 variety sketch comedy television series created by Jim Henson and starring the Muppets. It is presented as a variety show, featuring recurring sketches and musical numbers interspersed with ongoing plot-lines with ru ...

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

Shaun the Sheep ''Shaun the Sheep'' is a British stop-motion animated silent children's television series which is produced by Aardman Animations. A spin-off in the '' Wallace & Gromit'' franchise, the series focuses on the adventures of Shaun, the eponymou ...

'' and its spin-off ''

Timmy Time ''Timmy Time'' is a British stop motion animated television programme for preschoolers created and produced by '' Bob the Builder'' producer Jackie Cockle for the BBC's CBeebies and produced by Aardman Animations. It started broadcasting i ...

'' * Timmy Baterman, a fictional character from

Stephen King Stephen Edwin King (born September 21, 1947) is an American author. Dubbed the "King of Horror", he is widely known for his horror novels and has also explored other genres, among them Thriller (genre), suspense, crime fiction, crime, scienc ...

'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 film, fantasy adventure film directed by Don Bluth in his directorial debut and based on Robert C. O'Brien (author), Robert C. O'Brien's children's novel, ''Mrs. Frisby and the Rats of N ...

'' *

Timmy Burch ''South Park'' is an American adult animated television series created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone for the Comedy Central television network. The ongoing narrative revolves around four boys, Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Kenny McCormick, and E ...

, a wheelchair-using character with a cognitive disability on the TV series ''South Park'' *

Timmy Lenox Timothy "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 same day his character Timmy died on the show and donated his heart to C ...

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

Lassie Lassie is a fictional female Rough Collie dog and is featured in a 1938 short story by Eric Knight that was later expanded to a 1940 full-length novel, '' Lassie Come-Home''. Knight's portrayal of Lassie bears some features in common with anot ...

'' *

The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth ''The Adventures of Timmy the Tooth'' is an American direct-to-video musical film, musical puppet show, puppet series, aimed at children age 2 to 7, produced by Bomp Productions and Universal Pictures Home Entertainment, MCA/Universal Home Video. ...

, animated children's TV character *

Timmy Turner Characters from the Nickelodeon animated media franchise ''The Fairly OddParents'', created by Butch Hartman, include the following. Overview Notes: Main Timmy Turner Timothy "Timmy" Tiberius Turner is a 10-year-old outcasted boy who w ...

, from the animated television series ''The Fairly OddParents''

Animals

* Timmy (gorilla) (1959–2011), a longtime resident of the Cleveland Metroparks Zoo

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