Jimmy

Diminutive of James

"supplanter"

Jimmy Origin and Meaning

The name Jimmy is a boy's name meaning "supplanter".

Every other little kid's name in 1957 but few Jameses are called Jimmy today; they're more often James or Jamie.

Jimmy Rank in US Top 1000

# 818 in the US

Popularity of the name Jimmy

• 818 US 2023
• 1605 Nameberry 2020
• 370 England 2023

20 Names Similar to Jimmy

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Jimmy.

• Bart
• Randolph
• Olaf
• Bill
• Marty
• Stan
• Willie
• Washington
• Kelly
• Bernie
• Gary
• Vinny
• Herman
• Chuck
• Dudley
• Don
• Sherman
• Freddy
• Eddy
• Terry

Famous People Named Jimmy

• James "Jimmy" Wlcek American actor
• James Earl "Jimmy" Carter Jr. 39th U.S. president
• James Thomas "Jimmy" Fallon American comedian and TV host
• James "Jimmy" Buffett American singer
• James "Jimmy" Connors American tennis player
• Jimmy Layne Webb American songwriter and composer
• Jimmy Van Heusen (born Edward Chester Babcock) American composer
• Jimmy Graham American football player
• James Francis "Jimmy" Durante American actor, singer and comedian
• James Patrick "Jimmy" Page musician from Led Zeppelin
• James Roger William "Jimmy" Davis English former EPL footballer
• James Christian "Jimmy" Kimmel American comedian and television host
• James Anthony Patrick "Jimmy" Carr English comedian
• James Richard 'Jimmy' Garoppolo American football player
• Jimmy Urine stage name of James Euringer, lead singer of American rock band Mindless Self Indulgence
• James Samuel "Jimmy Jam" Harris III American music producer
• James "Jimmy" Dorsey American big bandleader
• Jimmy Barnes (born James Dixon Swan) Scottish,Australian lead singer of band Cold Chisel
• James Riddle "Jimmy" Hoffa disappeared American labor union leader
• James Peter "Jimmy" Greaves English footballer
• Jimmy Butler American basketball player
• James Reiher "Jimmy" Snuka (born James Wiley Smith) Fijian pro wrestler
• James Owen "Jimmy" Sullivan late drummer of band Avenged Sevenfold
• Jimmy Gerardo Medranda Obando Colombian soccer player
• James Stephen “Jimmy” Donaldson Youtuber known as Mr. Beast (shopmrbeast.com)
• Jimmy Mizen (b. 1992) 16 year old British boy who was attacked and died due to blood loss in 2008

The name Jimmy in Pop Culture

• "Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius " animated TV series
• Jimmy minor character on TV's "The Walking Dead"
• 'St Jimmy " song & character from Green Day's album "American Idiot"
• Jimmy Blevins character in movie "All the Pretty Horses"
• Jimmy Brogan character on TV's "The Whole Truth"
• Jimmy King character on British soap "Emmerdale"
• Jimmy Valmer character on animated TV series "South Park"
• Jimmy Novak character on TV series Supernatural
• Jimmy Reardon character from film "A Night In The Life Of Jimmy Reardon".
• Jimmy Darling character from TV Show "American Horror Story: Freak Show"
• Jimmy Connor character in DC Universe
• Jimmy Martino lead character in TV's "Grandfathered"
• James "Jimmy" Kent character on TV's "Downton Abbey"
• Jimmy character in film "The Last Days of Disco"
• Jimmy character in animated series "Ed, Edd n Eddy"
• Jimmy Falcone character in animated series "Fugget About It"
• Jimmy Lemmon character in "Sims" series
• Jimmy Grimm character in Marvel Universe
• Jimmy a raven who appeared in over 1000 films
• "Jimmy Two Shoes," animated series and its main character
• Jimmy Lee character in the Double Dragon video games
• Jimmy Five a character in Monica's Gang comic books
• Jimmy character on an episode of TV's "Seinfeld" who always referred to himself in the third person
• Jimmy Eat World American rock band
• GMC Jimmy car model
• Jimmies regional term for sprinkles
• Jimmy Casket A character from the YouTube channel VenturianTale