Tim
A rare name in Poland, carried by only around 390 men and boys, but it's on the climb: a dozen newborns got it last year, all boys. Greek at root, meaning "honouring god".
Tim Pronunciation
Tim is pronounced TEEM (/tim/).
What Tim means
Where Tim comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tim rarely arrives on its own. It comes clipped from Timothy, and Timothy descends from the Greek Timotheos, a name built from timē, meaning honour, and theos, meaning god. The English gloss, honouring god, sits plainly in that pairing, and the Polish reads czczący boga.
The full form travelled far from its Greek root. It settled into English and German use, where the short version Tim became a name people were given outright. Saint Timothy, the companion Paul addressed in two New Testament letters, gave the name an early and durable bearer.
In Poland a boy called Tim will still meet his longer cousin on official paper. The clerk at the urząd may write Tymoteusz where friends say Tim.
Something short suits it. The name honouring god came down from Greek, and it kept that meaning in one syllable.
How many people are named Tim
1 in 54734 men in Poland is named Tim. 390 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #1504 among male names.
Tim's popularity over time
12 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #663 among newborns. It is making a comeback after a low in 2007.
Where Tim is most popular
Tim is most popular in Masovian, 266% above the national average (9 boys born 2019–2025), followed by Lower Silesian (+83%) and Greater Poland (+34%).
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Masovian9 boys born+266%
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Lower Silesian2 boys born+83%
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Greater Poland2 boys born+34%
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Lesser Poland2 boys born+27%
Tim as a middle name
Tim is a first name for 390 men in Poland and a middle name for another 48, an 89/11 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1105th, between Sunil (48) and Tinotenda (48).