Girl · English
Tammy
Say it: TAM-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Tamara (Hebrew 'date palm') or Tamsin (Thomasina).
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
Popularized by the 1957 film Tammy and the Bachelor and its hit song, it peaked in the late 1960s and is now rare.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 333,240 babies given this name since 1934
- At its height in 1968, about 1 in 82 girls
- 34 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tammie, Tami
Famous bearers
- Tammy Wynette, US country singer
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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