Timo
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| Gender | male | 
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| Origin | |
| Word/name | Greek name Τιμάω | 
| Meaning | "to honour" or "to esteem" | 
| Other names | |
| Nickname(s) | Timmy, Timbo, Tim | 
| Related names | Tim, Timothy, Timofei, Timon, Tymish, Timotey, Timoteo, Timotheus, Tymoteusz, Timothée, Tijs | 
Timo is a masculine given name. It is primarily used in Finnish, Estonian, Dutch and German societies. It may be used as an abbreviation of Timothy.
Arts and entertainment
- Timo Alakotila (born 1959), Finnish musician
 - Timo Andres (born 1985), American composer and pianist
 - Timo Blunck (born 1962), German musician
 - Timo Boll (born 1981), German table tennis player
 - Timo Bortolotti (1889–1951), Italian sculptor
 - Timo Brunke (born 1972), German slam poet
 - Timo Descamps (born 1986), Belgian actor and musician
 - Timo Ellis (born 1970), American musician and record producer
 - Timo Pieni Huijaus (born 1982), a Finnish rapper
 - Timo Jurkka (born 1963), Finnish actor
 - Timo Kahilainen (born 1963), Finnish actor
 - Timo Kahlen (born 1966), German sound sculptor and media artist
 - Timo Kojo (born 1953), Finnish singer
 - Timo Koivusalo (born 1963), Finnish actor, writer, and musician
 - Timo Korhonen (born 1964), Finnish classical guitarist
 - Timo Koskinen (born 1965), Finnish classical pianist
 - Timo Kotipelto (born 1969), Finnish metal singer
 - Timo Lavikainen (born 1972), Finnish actor
 - Timo Maas (born 1969), German electronic musician and DJ
 - Timo K. Mukka (1944–1973), Finnish novelist
 - Timmo Niesner (born 1971), German actor
 - Timo Parvela (born 1964), Finnish children's writer
 - Timo Räisänen (born 1979), Swedish musician
 - Timo Rautiainen (musician) (born 1963), Finnish metal singer
 - Timo Rose (born 1977), German filmmaker and rapper
 - Timo Salminen (born 1952), Finnish cinematographer
 - Timo Tjahjanto (born 1980), Indonesian film director, producer, and screenwriter
 - Timo Tolkki (born 1966), Finnish metal musician
 - Timo Toots (born 1982), Estonian artist
 - Timo Torikka (born 1958), Finnish actor
 - Timo Vuorensola (born 1979), Finnish film director and actor
 
Politics and government
- Timo (fl. 834), Bavarian count, subject of the Song of Count Timo
 - Timo Angelov (1882–1903), Macedonian revolutionary
 - Timo Kalli (born 1947), Finnish politician
 - Timo Laaninen (born 1954), Finnish politician
 - Timo Soini (born 1962), Finnish politician
 - Timo Vornanen (born 1969), Finnish politician
 
Science and academia
- Timo Airaksinen (born 1947), Finnish philosopher
 - Timo Hannay (born 1968), English science writer and businessman
 - Timo Honkela (born 1962), Finnish information scientist
 - Timo Joensuu (born 1957), Finnish oncologist
 - Timo Kivimäki (born 1962), Finnish political scientist
 - Timo Maran (born 1975), Estonian biosemiotician and poet
 - Timo Meynhardt (born 1972), German psychologist and business economist
 - Timo Penttilä (1931–2011), Finnish architect
 - Timo Santalainen (born 1946), Finnish business professor and consultant
 - Timo Penttilä (1926–2006), Finnish designer, sculptor, and professor
 - Timo Sirainen (born 1979), Finnish programmer and scientist
 - Timo Teräsvirta (born 1941), Finnish economist
 - Timo Vihavainen (born 1947), Finnish historian and professor of Russian studies
 
Sports
Association football
- Timo Achenbach (born 1982), German defender
 - Timo Askolin (born 1951), Finnish manager
 - Timo Baumgartl (born 1996), German defender
 - Timo Beermann (born 1990), German defender
 - Timo Brauer (born 1990), German midfielder
 - Timo Çeçen (born 1994), German midfielder
 - Timo Furuholm (born 1987), Finnish forward
 - Timo Gebhart (born 1989), German midfielder
 - Timo Hammel (born 1987), German goalkeeper
 - Timo Heinze (born 1986), German defender
 - Timo Hildebrand (born 1979), German goalkeeper
 - Timo Horn (born 1993), German goalkeeper
 - Timo Kern (born 1990), German midfielder
 - Timo Kunert (born 1987), German midfielder
 - Timo Lange (born 1968), German midfielder and coach
 - Timo Letschert (born 1993), Dutch defender
 - Timo Liekoski (born 1942), Finnish goalkeeper and coach
 - Timo Nagy (born 1983), German midfielder
 - Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player
 - Timo Ochs (born 1981), German goalkeeper
 - Timo Perthel (born 1989), German wing-back
 - Timo Plattel (born 1994), Dutch goalkeeper
 - Timo Reus (born 1974), German goalkeeper
 - Timo Rost (born 1978), German midfielder
 - Timo Röttger (born 1985), German winger
 - Timo Scheunemann (born 1973), Indonesian-born German forward and manager
 - Timo Schultz (born 1977), German midfielder and coach
 - Timo Staffeldt (born 1984), German midfielder
 - Timo Uster (born 1974), Gambian defender
 - Timo Wenzel (born 1977), German defender
 - Timo Werner (born 1996), German forward
 - Timo Zahnleiter (born 1948), German midfielder and manager
 
Ice hockey
- Timo Ahmaoja (born 1978), Finnish defenseman
 - Timo Blomqvist (born 1961), Finnish defenseman
 - Timo Helbling (born 1981), Swiss defenseman
 - Timo Hirvonen (1973-2023), Finnish winger
 - Timo Jutila (born 1963), Finnish defenseman
 - Timo Koskela (born 1979), Finnish winger
 - Timo Lahtinen (born 1947), Finnish player and coach
 - Timo Lindström (born 1986), Finnish goaltender
 - Timo Meier (born 1996), Swiss winger
 - Timo Nummelin (born 1948), Finnish footballer and ice hockey player
 - Timo Pärssinen (born 1977), Finnish forward
 - Timo Pielmeier (born 1989), German goaltender
 - Timo Salo (born 1985), Finnish forward
 - Timo Seppänen (born 1987), Finnish defenseman
 - Timo Susi (born 1959), Finnish player
 - Timo Sutinen (born 1949), Finnish player
 - Timo Turunen (born 1948), Finnish center
 
Motorsports
- Timo Bernhard (born 1981), German racing driver
 - Timo Glock (born 1982), German racing driver
 - Timo Gottschalk (born 1974), German rally navigator
 - Timo Lienemann (born 1985), German racing driver
 - Timo Mäkinen (1938–2017), Finnish rally driver
 - Timo Rautiainen (born 1964), Finnish rally driver
 - Timo Salonen (born 1951), Finnish rally driver
 - Timo Scheider (born 1978), German racing driver
 
Other sports
- Timo Aaltonen (born 1969), Finnish shot putter
 - Timo Antila (born 1980), Finnish biathlete
 - Timo André Bakken (born 1989), Norwegian cross-country skier
 - Timo Boll (born 1981), German table tennis player
 - Timo Eichfuss (born 1988), Estonian basketball player
 - Timo Grönlund (1954–2022), Finnish sprint canoer
 - Timo Hoffmann (born 1974), German boxer
 - Timo Karppinen (born 1967), Finnish orienteer
 - Timo Kuusisto (born 1959), Finnish pole vaulter
 - Timo Lumme (born 1961), Finnish International Olympic Committee employee
 - Timo Murama (1913–1981), Finnish Nordic combined skier
 - Timo Nieminen (born 1981), Finnish tennis player
 - Timo Peltola (born 1972), Finnish judoka
 - Timo Pérez (born 1975), Dominican Republic baseball player
 - Timo Roosen (born 1993), Dutch cyclist
 - Timo Saarelainen (born 1960), Finnish basketball player
 - Timo Sild (born 1988), Estonian orienteer
 - Timo Simonlatser (born 1986), Estonian cross-country skier
 - Timo Tammemaa (born 1991), Estonian volleyball player
 - Timo Tompuri (born 1969), Finnish discus thrower
 - Timo Weß (born 1982), German field hockey player
 
Other
- Timo Saarnio (born 1944), Finnish interior architect and furniture designer
 - Tim Weiland, American fashion designer also known as Timo
 - Rick Timmo (born 1947), New Zealand motorcycle racer
 
People nicknamed Timo
- Tim Anderson (RAF officer) (born 1957)
 - Friedhelm Konietzka (1938–2012), German football striker and manager
 
Fictional characters
- Timo Mendes, from the German soap opera Verbotene Liebe
 
