Honorable, worthy. One who honors God. The biblical Timothy was the young Christian to whom Paul wrote. 'Let no man look down on your youth.'. A literary name from Shakespeare's The Life of Timon of Athens, where it belongs to timon of Athens.
A diminutive of any feminine name ending in -tina, but is now also popular as an independent first name. Name ending used as an independent name and in combination with other names i.e. Tinamarie.