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Tymon

From the Greek timē, honor and respect, the same root that once measured a man's standing in his city. A name for boys that climbed hard through the 2010s and peaked this decade, now easing off but still given often enough to feel familiar.

Tymon Pronunciation

Tymon is pronounced TIH-mon (/ˈtɨmɔn/).

Alive in 2025
41,724
Newborns 2025
2,139
National rank
#209
Also celebrates
19 April
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What Tymon means

Where Tymon comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.

Tymon comes from Greek, from Timon, built on the word timē, which meant honor, respect, and worth. The Athenians used timē for the regard a person earned among others. So the name began as a small claim about standing.

There was a Timon of Athens, remembered as a man who turned away from people, and Shakespeare later gave him a play. The New Testament lists another Timon among the seven deacons chosen in Jerusalem. Two real bearers, centuries apart, holding the same Greek root.

In Poland the name is short and clear. A teacher reading a class register meets it without stumbling. The sense of honor comes straight from the etymology, and the Polish gloss keeps it plain: cześć, szacunek.

Tymon has no diminutive crowd around it. It stands on its own. The meaning stayed where it started, in the Greek word for respect.

When Tymon celebrates name day

Tymon appears 3 times in the Polish name day calendar, never as a main name. The first of these dates is 19 April.

Next name day
19 April
Monday in 2027
Next one in 176 days
Also celebrates

Rarer dates. Only the most complete calendars add this name on these days. Most skip them, so hardly anyone celebrates then.

How many people are named Tymon

1 in 512 men in Poland is named Tymon. 41,724 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #209 among male names.

People with the name Tymon 2019 → 2025
41,724 +19,279 since 2019
2020 24,564 +2,119
2021 28,976 +4,412
2022 32,926 +3,950
2023 36,277 +3,351
2024 39,108 +2,831
2025 41,724 +2,616

Tymon's popularity over time

2,139 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #36 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2000.

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2,139 newborns with the name Tymon in 2025
national rank #36 that year

Where parents choose Tymon

Tymon is most popular in Holy Cross, 32% above the national average (756 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Subcarpathian (+28%) and Kuyavian-Pomeranian (+23%). It is least common in Podlaskie and Silesian, both 19% below average.

Chosen most
  • Holy Cross
    +32%
    1 in 73 babies
  • Subcarpathian
    +28%
    1 in 76 babies
  • Kuyavian-Pomeranian
    +23%
    1 in 78 babies
Chosen least
  • Podlaskie
    −19%
    1 in 119 babies
  • Silesian
    −19%
    1 in 120 babies
  • Masovian
    −12%
    1 in 110 babies

Tymon as a middle name

Tymon is a first name for 41,724 men in Poland and a middle name for another 2,037, a 95/5 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 175th, between Kuba (2,071) and Bohdan (2,028).

As a first name
41,724
As a middle name
2,037
first name 95% middle name 5%
Middle-name ranking men

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