Tim

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled טים in IL Israel.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Tim is also recorded as 7 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name140K records spelled Tim14 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, United Kingdom, Argentina

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese, Italian

  Also written Tīm, Tìm, Ťim, Tím, Tïm

• French given name76K records spelled Tim4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, Belgium

  Also written Tìm, Tim', Tím

• Polish given name25K records spelled Tim52 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Poland, Russia, Czechia

  Languages: Polish, Russian, Czech

  Also written Тим, Tym, Тым, Тхием, Thiem

• Hungarian given name20K records spelled Tim5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Slovenia, Finland, United States, Hungary

  Languages: Hungarian, Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Tîm, Tím

• Indonesian given name11K records spelled Tim7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Indonesia, Malaysia, United Kingdom

  Languages: Indonesian, Malay, Malagasy

  Also written Tîm, Ťïm, Tím, Tìm

• a separate given name8.2K records spelled Tim12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Norway, Canada

  Also written Tìm, Tĩm, Tỉm, Ťįm, Tịm

• Thai given name6.4K records spelled Tim154 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, United Kingdom, India

  Also written Tom, ตั้ม, ตูม, ธรรม, ตุ้ม

77 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Tim is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In English, A male given name, a shortened form of Timothy and, very rarely, of Timon.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In German, a male given name, popular in the 2000's

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Swedish, Tim är en engelsk smekform till → Timothy, som kan härledas till det grekisk-latinska Timotheus ’ära Gud, frukta Gud’. Namnet var mycket populärt decennierna runt millennieskiftet. En känd namnbärare är artisten Tim Bergling (1989–2018), känd som Avicii. I den rikssvenska almanackan 2 november och i den finlandssvenska 9 maj.

  as a name·Förnamn i Sverige. Kortfattat namnlexikon

• In French, Diminutif de Timothee; grec ancien.

  as a name·Le grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)

• In German, ) Timm: männl. Vom., Kurzform von

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Tim Holtb. 1919USAmerican actor (1919–1973)
• Tim Allenb. 1953USAmerican actor and comedian
• Tim Berners-Leeb. 1955GBEnglish computer scientist (born 1955)
• Tim Kaineb. 1958USAmerican lawyer and politician (born 1958)
• Tim Cookb. 1960USAmerican business executive, Apple CEO
• Tim Walzb. 1964USAmerican politician (born 1964)
• Tim Cahillb. 1979AUAustralian association football player
• Tim Howardb. 1979USAmerican soccer player (born 1979)
• Tim Wieseb. 1981DEGerman footballer
• Joviciib. 1989SEnot in their usual nameSwedish electronic music producer (1989–2018)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 801 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tim?

We estimate roughly 172 thousand people bear Tim (counting its spellings and scripts) across 10 countries in our records.

In which country does Tim have the most bearers?

Tim is most frequently recorded in Germany, where it is most often spelled tim.

Where is Tim most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tim is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 479 people — even though Germany holds more of our records for it.

How common is Tim compared with other names?

In Germany, Tim is the 134th most common given name of 154,506 given names recorded there.

Is Tim a male or female name?

Tim is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Tim mean?

Recorded meaning: Short form of Timothy, also used in Ireland as an Anglicized form of Tadhg.