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Gender: Male Meaning of Tommy: "twin" Origin of Tommy: Diminutive of Thomas Tommy's Popularity in 2018: #729

Tommy Origin and Meaning

The name Tommy is a boy's name meaning "twin".

A surprising number of parents choose to put the nickname Tommy on their son's birth certificate rather than the more traditional Thomas. Perhaps even more surprising is thE fact that Tommy has never been off the United States popularity charts. More recently, however, the name has been trending downward.

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Tommy in Blog Posts

Popularity

Rank in US: #729
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Famous People Named Tommy

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Tommy Lee Jones, American actor.
Thomas Jacob "Tommy" Hilfiger, American fashion designer.
Tommy Lee (born Thomas Lee Bass), Greek-American musician.
Thomas B. Kin "Tommy" Chong, Canadian-American actor/comedian.
Thomas Alden "Tommy" Page, American singer
Thomas "Tommy" Davidson, American actor.
Tommy Dreamer (born Thomas James Laughlin), American pro wrestler.
Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, Canadian politician; 7th Premier of Saskatchewan.
Tommy George Thompson, American politician; 42nd governor of Wisconsin.
Thomas Daniel "Tommy" Mottola, American music executive.
Thomas Francis "Tommy" Dorsey, American trumpeter and bandleader.
Thomas Alfred "Tommy" Maddox, American NFL player.

Pop Culture References for the name Tommy

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Thomas "Tommy" Beresford, detective in Agatha Christie's "Tommy and Tuppence" novels
Tommy, Morlock in Marvel Comics
Tommy Dawkins, character on Canadian TV series "Big Wolf on Campus"
Tommy Garvey, main character on TV's "The Leftovers"
Tommy Gavin, character in the FX drama "Rescue Me"
Tommy Oliver, character on TV's "Mighty Morphin' Power Rangers"
Tommy Vercetti, character in video game "Grand Theft Auto: Vice City"
Tommy Williams, main character in book "Generation Dead"
Tommy Pickles, character on Nickelodeon cartoon "Rugrats" and "All Grown Up!"
Thomas "Tommy" Merlyn, character on TV's "Arrow"
Thomas “tommy” Shelby, main character on bbc’s peaky blinders
Tommy, character in the YouTube series "Minecraft Diaries"

Nicknames & Variations for Tommy

Tommey, Tommie

Comments

Kassem J Says:

2016-01-12T00:03:12

Adorable for a kid but juvenile for an adult, I'd just stick with Thomas.