Timothy
TIM-uh-thee
A classic Christian name meaning “honoring God” or “God-fearing.”
Meaning
Timothy comes through Latin from the Greek name often glossed in older name books as meaning “honor God” or “fear God.” The excerpts specifically connect it with the idea of honoring or worshipping God, making it a strongly devotional Christian name. The name was widely used in English and other European languages through biblical tradition.
Origin
GreekLatinmasculine
Fun fact
One excerpt notes a feminine form, Timothie, derived from Timothy, showing that old naming books sometimes treated even strongly masculine names as sources for female variants.
Confidence: mixed. Sources: History of Christian Names, Praenomina; or, the etymology of the principal Christian names of Great Britain and Ireland.