Timo

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

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

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 13 languages in the etymology graph.

Often considered alongside

Names that people choosing a name often weigh against Timo, most often first. They share a style rather than an origin.

• Oskar
• Ivo
• Konrad
• Henri
• Wilhelm
• Germany
• Maximilian
• Otto
• Mika
• Marco
• Johannes
• Elias

From the names suggested together in public name-advice forums, in English. A list of what people consider, not a measure of how common any name is.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

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

• German given name19 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Germany, Netherlands, United States, Finland

  Languages: German, English, Dutch

  Also written Ti-Mo, Tímo, Timó, Timò, Tìmó

• Spanish given name24 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, France, United States, Mexico

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Timó, Tìmo, Timö, Tîmo, Tîmô

• Russian given name26 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Russia, Ukraine, Croatia

  Languages: Russian, Bulgarian, Ukrainian

  Also written Тимо, Тімо, Thiemo, Thimo, Ťimö

• Danish given name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Denmark, Sweden, Norway

  Languages: Danish, Norwegian, Swedish

  Also written Tímõ

• a separate name5 spellings in the group

  Also written Tim-O, Timó, Timò, Timö

• Indonesian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Indonesia, Finland, United States, Netherlands

  Also written Timó

• Italian given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Italy, Netherlands, United States

  Also written Timò, Timó, Tïmó

46 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●(measured from records)

Timo 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 German, a diminutive of the male given names Timotheus or Dietmar, popular since the 1980's

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

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

  as a name·DUDEN Lexikon der Vornamen

• In Latin, alternative form of tēmō (attested in Epiphanius and Gregory of Tours)

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

• In Spanish, swindle, con, grift, hustle, sting, con game, confidence game

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

• In Portuguese, thymus (ductless gland located behind the breastbone)

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

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.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Timo Salminenb. 1952FIFinnish cinematographer (born 1952)
• Timo Soinib. 1962FIFinnish politician
• Timo Hildebrandb. 1979DEGerman association football player
• Timo Vuorensolab. 1979FIFinnish actor and film director (born 1979)
• Timo Tjahjantob. 1980IDIndonesian film director, screenwriter and producer
• Timo Bollb. 1981DEGerman table tennis player
• Timo Bernhardb. 1981DEGerman racing driver, 2015 World Endurance Drivers' Champion
• Timo Glockb. 1982DEGerman racing driver
• Timo Hornb. 1993DEGerman association football player
• Timo Wernerb. 1996DEGerman association football player (born 1996)

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).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

Where does the name Timo come from?

Pet form of obsolete Timotheus, Latin form of Greek Timotheos ‘honour God’. See }Timothy in main dictionary. Recorded by A concise dictionary of first names.

What are other forms of the name Timo?

In the etymology graph, Tim, Timmy and Dietmar are forms of the same name in other languages; it is recorded as a short form of Timotheus.

How do you pronounce Timo?

A machine transcription gives /tʰɪmɔ/ (IPA) for German.

Is Timo a male or female name?

Timo 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 Timo mean?

Recorded meaning: Pet form of obsolete Timotheus, Latin form of Greek Timotheos ‘honour God’.

In which country does Timo have the most bearers?

In Finland, the national register counted about 46 thousand people named Timo, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled timo.

Where is Timo most common?

Timo is densest in Finland, where the national register counts about 1 in 120 people carrying it.

How common is the name Timo?

In Finland, the national register counted 46,291 people named Timo, about 1 in 120 residents.

How common is Timo compared with other names?

In Finland, Timo is the 7th most common given name of 19,056 given names recorded there.