Timo
A boys’ name of Greek origin, meaning one who honors God; a diminutive of Timothy.
Babies a year
7
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Timo by the numbers
Timo was given to 7 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 13 babies in 2005, making it a 2000s name.
Other names that come from Timothy
Like Timo, each of these traces back to Timothy: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Timothyhonoring god; one who honors god2,393 in the US (2017)
- Timofeyhonoring god; russian form of Timothy7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Timoteihonouring god; a form of Timothy18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Timoteohonoring god; form of Timothy16 in the US (2017)
- Timotheeone who honors god; French form of Timothy10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Timmothyhonoring god; a form of Timothy8 in the US (2017)
- Tymoteuszhonoring god; Polish form of Timothy8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Timmiehonoring god; a form of Timothy
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Timo. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean God
Like Timo, each of these has God in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Timo
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