Timmins /ˈtɪmɪns/ is a surname which originated in a number of different countries. It is found mainly in Great Britain, Ireland, America, Canada, Australia and New Zealand.[1] In England, the largest concentration of the name exists in the West Midlands; variants of the name include Timmings and Timmons.[2] An early example of the name can be found in the Subsidy Rolls of Sussex (1332) - Richard Tymyng.[3] In Ireland, it is mainly an anglicisation of the Gaelic surnames Toimín from Leinster and Ó Tiomáin from Ulster.[4]
Notable people with the surname
edit- Cali Timmins (born 1963), Canadian actress
- Charlie Timmins (1922–2010), English footballer
- Conor Timmins (born 1998), Canadian ice hockey player
- Margo Timmins (born 1961), Canadian musician
- Michael Timmins (born 1959), Canadian musician
- Noah Timmins (1867–1936), Canadian mining pioneer
- Peter Timmins (born 1965), Canadian musician
- Romy Timmins (born 1989), Australian rules footballer
- Sam Timmins (born 1997), New Zealand basketball player
- Sammy Timmins (1879–1956), English footballer
- Samuel Timmins (1826–1902), English scholar and antiquarian
- Shaun Timmins (born 1976), Australian rugby league footballer
Fictional characters
edit- Stingray Timmins, a character in the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- "A Little Dinner at Timmins's", a novel by William Makepeace Thackeray
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ "Timmins One-Name Study". Guild of One-Name Studies.
- ^ Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199677764.
- ^ Reaney & Wilson (1997). Oxford Dictionary of English Surnames (3rd Edition), Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780192806635
- ^ Patrick Hanks, Richard Coates, and Peter McClure (2016). The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland, Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780199677764.
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