Where the spelling 티머시 comes from
NIKL’s list of loanword spellings (외래어 표기 용례) gives 티머시 for Timothy.
People in the list with this given name:
- 호크, 티머시 — Timothy D. Haugh
- 지손도, 스카일러 (티머시) — Gisondo, Skyler (Timothy)
- 고드리치, 나이절 (티머시) — Godrich, Nigel (Timothy)
…and 10 more in the list.
Sound by sound
Ti티mo머thy시
Why it is spelled this way
- Matches the spelling in the National Institute of Korean Language loanword usage list.
What Timothy means
Timothy by the numbers
- US Social Security birth records, 2000–2025: No. 186, 91,811 babies (0.1% girls, 99.9% boys).
- NIKL usage list — people with the given name 티머시: 13.
Korean names for Timothy
These are the converter’s results for Timothy as a boy’s name — real Korean given names from the Supreme Court’s birth statistics (2008–2025).
Sounds like mine
Closest in sound among real Korean names.
이태이Lee TaeiBoy’s name · 57% sound match
이태오Lee TaeoBoy’s name · 54% sound match
이지호Lee JihoBoy’s name · 48% sound match
No surname given, so we picked 이, one of the three most common Korean surnames.
Meaning
Korean names from what Timothy means.
Your name means: to honour + god (from Ancient Greek τῑμάω)
이태영Lee TaeyeongBoy’s name · Meaning: Noble, excellent
이진영Lee JinyeongBoy’s name · Meaning: Noble, excellent
이민영Lee MinyeongUsed for boys and girls · Meaning: Noble, excellent
이티머시Lee TimeosiYour name, Korean styleHangul-only name — no hanja
Sources: US Social Security Administration baby names · NIKL loanword usage list · Loanword Orthography (외래어 표기법) · Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Supreme Court of Korea birth statistics