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Updated June 9, 2019

Family name origins & meanings

  • Perhaps Irish, an Anglicized form of Gaelic Ó Tiomáin (see Timmons).
  • Alternatively perhaps Norwegian, a topographic name for someone who lived where wild thyme grew, from timian ‘thyme’.
  • Variant spelling of German Thimian, a metonymic occupational name from thymus ‘thyme’ for an herb and spice grocer.

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