Timothey
Masculine · “A spelling of Timothy”
Timothey is Timothy with an extra e, a spelling of the Greek name that means honoring God. Timothy has one of the most beloved children in English fiction and one of the oddest men in American history.
How old is the name Timothey?
Timothey first appears in US birth records in 1949 — 76 years ago. The typical Timothey alive today was born around 1965, making them about 60 years old. About 500 people named Timothey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Timothey most popular?
Timothey peaked in 1959, reaching #1416 nationally. See the whole 1959 chart.
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Where it comes from
From Timotheos to Timothey
The story of Timothey
In A Christmas Carol, Tiny Tim, Bob Cratchit's frail son, says 'God bless Us, Every One!', and Scrooge's change of heart is what saves him. In Newburyport, Massachusetts, a rich eccentric called Timothy Dexter wrote a book, A Pickle for the Knowing Ones, with no punctuation at all; when readers complained, he added a page of commas, periods and question marks to the next edition and told them to pepper and salt it as they pleased. Timothey is one of the spellings American families used.
Meaning
A spelling of Timothy, 'honoring God'
Timothy comes from Greek Timotheos, from time, 'honor', and theos, 'god'. Timothey writes the ending -ey.
How the name formed
- Timotheos
- Timothy
- Timothey
Related forms: Timothy · Timothée · Timoteo
Pronouncing Timothey
TIM-uh-thee
Three syllables with the stress on the first.
Nicknames for Timothey
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1949
- Most boys named
- 195931 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1416reached in 1959
- Change vs 2008
- −28.6%5 in 2009, from 7
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Timothey in other languages
The same name elsewhere
- Timothy in English — spelling variant
- Timothée in French — same name
- Timoteo in Italian — same name
Timotheys among us
people named Timothey are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
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Fashion outlook
Timothey sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- Sounds like Timothy, a name everyone knows.
- Comes with Tim as a ready short form.
- A settled meaning.
- Almost everyone will write Timothy.
- The extra e may be read as a slip.
- It sounds like a common name of its generation.
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Frequently asked
- How many Timotheys are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Timothey are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Timothey in 2025?
- Timothey is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 boy names.
- Will my child share the name Timothey with classmates?
- Timothey will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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The most-given names starting with T, all years combined.
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