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Is this a nice name?

65 replies

ThymeTravel · 29/12/2021 23:50

None of my family (apart from DH) like this name at all but we love it so much.

We want to call our little boy Timothy.

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Buttercup54321 · 02/01/2022 01:20

Love it 😀

Largethighsbadeyes · 30/12/2021 22:30

I've never met a nasty Tim but on the whole I think it's it's bit weak sounding. Tom/Thomas has a stronger sound to me

MadeOfStarStuff · 30/12/2021 22:28

I don’t like it, I find it a bit wet (and all the Timothys I know are distinctly wet!)

But objectively there’s nothing wrong with it, it just comes down to personal taste.

Mumofgirls2017 · 30/12/2021 22:24

I think objectively it’s a reasonably classic nice name but personally it’s not for me. I think it’s because it reminds me of ‘timid’ and seems quite wet, weak, bland name to me. But the most important thing is you like it as it’s a decent name for someone to have if that makes sense.

SallyWD · 30/12/2021 21:25

I love it! One of my favourites. I would seriously have considered using it were it not for the fact we needed an international name.

Cindie943811A · 30/12/2021 21:12

Great name. If you both like it, go for it.

Btw Th in French is pronounced as a T so the name is similar to the shampoo Timotei

GemmaRuby · 30/12/2021 20:00

I really like it

Firebird83 · 30/12/2021 19:57

Lovely, underused classic.

17caterpillars1mouse · 30/12/2021 19:49

It's a lovely name

Riverlee · 30/12/2021 19:33

@Immaculatemisconception

It’s lovely ❤️. Don’t discuss your name choices with anyone but DH and Mumsnet.
Good advice!
Princessbelle7 · 30/12/2021 18:48

Timothy is a lovely name and it’s underused! I knew a Timothy growing up and I’ve only ever met one Timothy. It’s a cute name, and it can be shortened to Timmy when he’s little and maybe Tim when he’s older. I also associate it with a cartoon I watched as a kid called Timothy Goes To School.

furbabymama87 · 30/12/2021 17:22

No. It reminds me of someone a bit soft.

HacerSonarSusPasos · 30/12/2021 17:16

Lovely! Works for all ages and it's not too popular.

IaltagDhubh · 30/12/2021 17:03

I can’t think of any good connotations:

The dog from The Famous Five - admittedly probably the best character in the series.

Tim Nice But Dim - his peers won’t know the character, but their parents will.

Timmy from Shaun The Sheep and Timmy Time - kids at school will definitely know this character, but he’s a good character, I guess.

Timmy from South Park - again, the kids shouldn’t know, but the parents will.

Also, I don’t know how Timotheé Chalet-whatsisface pronounces his name, but I always read it as Timotheeeeeay. I’m sure it’s a perfectly normal French spelling or something, but I can’t take it seriously.

I’d put it in the same category at Nigel, Giles, Rupert, and Hugh. They all wear red chinos, laugh too loudly at their own jokes and own badly behaved labradors called GInny and Lucy.

DacwMamYnDwad · 30/12/2021 16:58

@Arethechildreninbedyet

He was great in Dune and I love the spelling this way. Feels a great way to modernise a classic name.

I may be wrong but I’m sure his parents are French and the spelling in the French way of spelling it.

Modern? It's the French form of Timothy so it's been around a few centuries
itssquidstella · 30/12/2021 16:49

@Arethechildreninbedyet yes you're right - Timothée is the French spelling, not a 'modern twist' on Timothy!

Arethechildreninbedyet · 30/12/2021 16:38

He was great in Dune and I love the spelling this way. Feels a great way to modernise a classic name.

I may be wrong but I’m sure his parents are French and the spelling in the French way of spelling it.

DisforDarkChocolate · 30/12/2021 16:30

I like it too. I was just thinking of Timothy Spall today and liking the fact he wasn't a Tim. Princess Anne's husband too and he's had a very good navel career. A fine name.

Tootfroot · 30/12/2021 16:27

Underused classic I think. You will always get people who don't like what name you choose, but this one is a nice normal name. I know a couple of Tims, both really decent people.

MoominMeggy · 30/12/2021 16:23

I'm not a fan - it sounds really wet to me.

Lifeisnteasy · 30/12/2021 15:52

No no no no
He won’t thank you for it
Very wet and ‘cutesy’ sounding
Honestly it’s on level with Percy

loislovesstewie · 30/12/2021 15:51

Oh yes! I love it. I knew a very sweet Timothy so am prejudiced in its favour.

wavecatcher · 30/12/2021 15:51

@ChocolateDeficitDisorder

The actor Timothee Chalamet is a rising star. He could make the name popular over the next few years.
He was great in Dune and I love the spelling this way. Feels a great way to modernise a classic name.
LynetteScavo · 30/12/2021 15:37

Tim is a great name and goes well with out surname, so was our boys list. I just didn't feel it was quite strong enough.

OnlyFoolsnMothers · 30/12/2021 15:36

It’s a fabulous name- traditional yet cool, classic yet not overused!