Timi

♀ Girl

Pronounced TIM-ee /ˈtɪm.i/High

Meaning: Timi is a short, feminine pet form built on Timothy or Timothea, from Greek Timotheos, 'honoring God' (time, 'honor,' + theos, 'God'). In mid-century use it also overlapped with Tammy as a breezy girls' nickname. The 'honoring God' sense comes through the Timothy root.Low

In 30 seconds: Timi is a girl's pet form of Timothy or Timothea — Greek for 'honoring God' — with a Tammy-like breeze (said 'TIM-ee'). A small mid-century nickname-name.

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Origin LowGreek

MeaningTimi is a short, feminine pet form built on Timothy or Timothea, from Greek Timotheos, 'honoring God' (time, 'honor,' + theos, 'God'). In mid-century use it also overlapped with Tammy as a breezy girls' nickname. The 'honoring God' sense comes through the Timothy root.

U.S. rank (1997)#8982 ↗ Rising

1997 U.S. births10 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1964

Total births (all-time)≈ 649

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Timi is a feminine pet form drawn from Timothy or Timothea, from the Greek Timotheos, 'honoring God.' It rode the same mid-century fashion for short -i names that produced Tammi and Terri, overlapping in feel with Tammy. It reached its small high around 1964 at close to a hundred girls a year.

Timi stayed uncommon and thinned after the nineteen-sixties. It reads as a light, period nickname-name of the mother-and-grandmother generation; the boys' Timothy remains the recognized parent, and the girls' Timi is a niche, of-its-moment choice that has not revived.

Did you know? Timi shows how mid-century parents feminized boys' names by ear: clip Timothy, add a bright -i, and a boy's classic becomes a girl's playful nickname straight on the birth certificate.

Overall data confidence 42%

References — Timi — feminine pet form of Timothy/Timothea; Greek 'honoring God'

Variations

TimmiTimotheaTammy

Nicknames

TimTimmie

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Timi mean?

Timi is a feminine pet form of Timothy or Timothea, from the Greek for 'honoring God'; it carries that meaning.

How do you pronounce Timi?

It's said TIM-ee /ˈtɪm.i/ — two syllables, stress on the first.

Is Timi a boy or girl name?

Timi is used here as a girl's name, a pet form of Timothy or Timothea.

How popular is Timi?

Timi was an uncommon nickname-name that had its small high in the mid-nineteen-sixties and has been rare since.