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I love Timothy! It is so sweet on a little boy and very handsome on a man!

I know an excellent Timothy who always goes by Tim; in the past I've also known a pretty dire one. There was a silly pop song long ago about a boy named Timothy which put the whole of South Africa off the name (quite literally in the case of a woman I knew who'd been planning on naming her son Timothy but couldn't face it in the end and opted for Richard instead).

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Timothy, Gregory, Anthony, Jeremy. They have been said to sound girly, presumably because of Dorothy, Cecily, Emily ... of the four, I prefer Gregory, then Timothy, then Anthony pretty far behind and Jeremy nowhere. Timothy's OK; no better.

I think it's too cutesy and won't age well.

I like Timothy. I think it needs an uncommon elegant middle name.

I really like it! I think Timothy's handsome and hearty.

I adore this name, and it would have been the name of my son if my husband hadn't insisted on having a say. ;) I even had high hopes to name the cat Timothy, but once again fate didn't cooperate. She became Hermione.

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I think Timothy is smooth and manly with a core of gentleness, and Tim is one of those great all-purpose nicknames like Mike, Cal, or Nate. It seems so versatile--need someone to hit a homer? rescue a kitten? perform surgery? write a screenplay? Tim/Timothy's your man.

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DH, on the other hand, says Timothy is a "dirty old man" name, a pervy geezer with tufts of ear hair who smells like BenGay and likes to poke at girls with his cane just to hear them squeal. So, I guess this is one of those names where your mileage may vary.

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LOVE it... esp. Timothy Jonathan and Yoshimitsu Timothy.

This message was edited 7/6/2010, 7:12 AM