Tommy

Diminutive of Thomas

"twin"

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.

Tommy Rank in US Top 1000

# 690 in the US

Tommy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1180 on Nameberry

Tommy Popularity

• 690 US 2023
• 1180 Nameberry 2024
• 23 England 2022
• 25 Scotland 2023
• 21 Ireland 2023
• 69 Australia 2023
• 68 New Zealand 2023
• 71 Cats 2022

20 Names Similar to Tommy

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

• Ernie
• Joey
• Tony
• Teddi
• Frankie
• Rocky
• Alvin
• Krystal
• Hollie
• Benji
• Billy
• Justin
• Malik
• Mikaela
• Louie
• Chad
• Shawn
• Sonny
• Perry
• Reggie

Famous People Named Tommy

• 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.
• Thomas David "Tommy" Roe American singer.
• Thomas Charles "Tommy" Lasorda American baseball manager.
• Tommy Ramone (born Tamás Erdélyi) Hungarian,American drummer of The Ramones.
• Tommy James (born Thomas Gregory Jackson) American singer of the Shondells.
• Tommy Steele (born Thomas William Hicks) English singer.
• Thomas "Tommy" Makem Irish folk musician.
• Tommy Roland Shaw American guitarist of band Styx.
• Tommy Rae Skube step,son of American family vlogger Jessica Skube (Jesssfam on YouTube).
• Tommy Francis White (b. 2013) son of American actress Michelle Monaghan.
• Tommy Dorfman American actor.
• Tommy Wiseau American actor, writer, director, and producer
• Tommy Joel Mecham (b.2018) son of family vloggers Ellie & Jared Mecham ( Ellie & Jared on YouTube).

Tommy in Pop Culture

• 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"
• Tommy character in the game "Octodad"
• Tommy character in book/film "Never Let Me Go"
• Thomas "Tommy" Walker oldest brother on TV's "Brothers and Sisters"
• Tommy Walker main character in "Tommy," rock opera by The Who
• Tommy Settergren character in the Pippi Longstocking series
• Tommy Solomon a main character on TV's "3rd Rock from the Sun"
• Tommy Tomkins main character of in comic strip "Tailspin Tommy"
• Tommy Turnbull character on TV series "Robotboy"
• Tommy character in movie "Asylum"
• Tommy Zelda character in movie "Crazy on the Outside"
• Tommy Biggs character in movie "Horse Sense"
• Tommy Bowen character on TV series "Haven"
• Tommy Ryan character in film "Titanic"
• Tommy Atkins term for a common British soldier
• Tommy Fuller Jr. baby character on TV's "Fuller House"
• Tommy Drosselmayer character in animated movie "Barbie in the Nutcracker"