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 [ 2 syll. ti-mon, tim-on ] The boy name Timon is pronounced TAYMahN KEY. Timon's language of origin is Old Greek, and it is used mainly in the German, Hungarian, and English languages. Biblical name derived from the element time which means 'honor, revere'. The name was used by Shakespeare in his play The Life of Timon of Athens (1607), which is based on the legendary Timon of Athens, reputed for misanthropy. Variations of Timon include the English and German Timeon and the German, Finnish, and Italian Timo. In addition, Timon is a variation of the English Timothy. Timon is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Out of the group of boy names directly linked to Timon, the English Timothy was the most popular in 2008. Baby names that sound like Timon include the name Timin, the name Taman, the English Tammen, the Frisian and German Tammo, the English and Scottish Tammy, the name Tani, the English Tanney, the Ghanaian Tanno, the English Tanny, the Italian, Spanish, and Ghanaian Tano, the Finnish Tauno, the name Tawno, the Finnish Teemu, the name Teman, the Greek Thano, the German Thiemo, the German Thimo, the German Thoma, the English, French, and German Thommy, and the Dutch Tijn. KEY: Pronunciation for Timon: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"   |
