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Boy · Aramaic, through Greek and English
Tommy
Say it: TOM-ee
Meaning
A pet form of Thomas, from the Aramaic word for 'twin'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Common as an independent given name in the US from the 1920s to the 1960s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1940s
In the United States
- 179,659 babies given this name since 1880
- At its height in 1944, about 1 in 369 boys
- 329 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tommie
Famous bearers
- Tommy Dorsey, American bandleader
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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
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.