Timo
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TEE-moh
- Origin
- Greek
- US rank, 2025
- #10,690 for boys
Timo is a boys' name of Greek origin, meaning “honouring God”. In 2025 it ranked 10,690th for boys in the US (6 babies).
What does Timo mean?
Greek: short form of Timotheus
“honouring God”
A Finnish, German and Dutch short form of Timotheus, the Greek name behind Timothy.
Is Timo a girl's or a boy's name?
Timo is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 6 boys in the US. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Timo in the UK?
No boys in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2008, with 9 boys.
Half of all the boys named Timo in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Timo in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 9 | #2,468 |
| 2022 | 5 | #3,639 |
| 2021 | 5 | #3,614 |
| 2020 | 8 | #2,562 |
| 2019 | 3 | #4,913 |
| 2018 | 3 | #4,959 |
| 2017 | 4 | #4,161 |
| 2016 | 3 | #5,015 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 6 | #3,096 |
| 2012 | 7 | #2,849 |
| 2011 | 9 | #2,311 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,306 |
| 2009 | 6 | #2,970 |
| 2008 | 9 | #2,212 |
| 2007 | 6 | #2,873 |
| 2006 | 8 | #2,193 |
| 2005 | 8 | #2,090 |
| 2004 | 5 | #2,691 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 4 | #2,751 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 3 | #3,043 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 1 | #3,857 |
How popular is Timo in the US?
- Rank in 2025
- #10,690among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 6about 1 in 280,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Too rare to calltoo few babies to tell
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 6 boys in the US were named Timo, making it the 10,690th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 7,029th. Its busiest year was 2023, with 17 boys. It first appears in the records in 1961.
2025 had fewer boys named Timo than any year since 2014.
Half of all the boys named Timo in the US since 1880 were born between 1998 and 2020, the years shaded on the chart below.
Timo in the US, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 6 | #10,690 |
| 2024 | 7 | #9,888 |
| 2023 | 17 | #5,465 |
| 2022 | 14 | #6,141 |
| 2021 | 14 | #6,027 |
| 2020 | 11 | #7,029 |
| 2019 | 12 | #6,772 |
| 2018 | 7 | #9,664 |
| 2017 | 7 | #9,691 |
| 2016 | 9 | #8,141 |
| 2015 | 8 | #8,739 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 10 | #7,553 |
| 2011 | 7 | #9,593 |
| 2010 | 7 | #9,686 |
| 2009 | 9 | #8,305 |
| 2008 | 6 | #11,030 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 13 | #5,869 |
| 2004 | 9 | #7,530 |
| 2003 | 7 | #8,636 |
| 2002 | 6 | #9,385 |
| 2001 | 7 | #8,332 |
| 2000 | 5 | #10,341 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 8 | #6,837 |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 0 | – |
| 1995 | 0 | – |
| 1994 | 8 | #6,366 |
| 1993 | 0 | – |
| 1992 | 0 | – |
| 1991 | 7 | #6,511 |
| 1990 | 0 | – |
| 1989 | 5 | #7,898 |
| 1988 | 5 | #7,264 |
| 1987 | 0 | – |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 5 | #6,234 |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 5 | #6,260 |
| 1980 | 7 | #4,938 |
| 1979 | 0 | – |
| 1978 | 0 | – |
| 1977 | 0 | – |
| 1976 | 0 | – |
| 1975 | 0 | – |
| 1974 | 0 | – |
| 1973 | 0 | – |
| 1972 | 0 | – |
| 1971 | 0 | – |
| 1970 | 0 | – |
| 1969 | 6 | #3,934 |
| 1968 | 7 | #3,364 |
| 1967 | 0 | – |
| 1966 | 7 | #3,247 |
| 1965 | 0 | – |
| 1964 | 0 | – |
| 1963 | 0 | – |
| 1962 | 0 | – |
| 1961 | 6 | #3,650 |
Names like Timo
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Munachimso Tobechukwu Obi Tommaso Theo Nikodem Kobe Kamsiyochukwu Chidubem Nico Teo Ayomide
Names related to Timo
More Greek names
Luca Theodore Sophia George Lucas Sofia Alexander Sebastian Penelope Phoebe Margot Luke Chloe Sophie Zoe Iris
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Timo: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/timo, updated 20 October 2026.