{{short description|Given name most often associated with males}} {{about|the given name|the Estonian village|Timo, Estonia}} {{Infobox Given Name Revised | name = Timo | image= | caption= | pronunciation= | gender = male | meaning = "to honour" or "to esteem" | region = | nickname = Timmy, Timbo, Tim | origin = Greek name {{lang|grc|Τιμάω}} | related names = Tim, Timothy, Timofei, Timon, Tymish, Timotey, Timoteo, Timotheus, Tymoteusz, Timothée, Tijs | footnotes = }} '''Timo''' is a masculine given name. It is primarily used in Finnish, Estonian, Dutch, and German societies.
==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 <!--His defaultsort is "Timo Pieni Huijaus", but sorting him with the Ts here would be confusing.--> *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 ({{floruit|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 Hübers (born 1996), German defender *Timo Jansink (born 2003), Dutch footballer *Timo Kautonen (1945–2026), Finnish footballer *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 <!--Typically the same person wouldn't be listed twice, but since the overall list is so long, this should be helpful to readers.--> *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 <!--Typically the same person wouldn't be listed twice, but since the overall list is so long, this should be helpful to readers.--> *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''
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