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♀ Tommy (girl)
What does Tommy mean?
Tommy as a girls' name (also used more widely as boys' name Tommy) is of Aramaic derivation, and Tommy means "twin". Tommy is an alternate spelling of Thomasina (Aramaic): feminine of Thomas.
Variations
VARIANTS Tommye, Tommie▼, Tommi, Toma, Tammie▼, Tammi▼
OTHER FORM VIA THOMASINA Tomina
MASCULINE FORM Thomas
CREATIVE FORMS(female) Tamy, ..
(male) Tomin, ..
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Tommy Evalyn (T.E.), ..
How popular is Tommy?
Tommy is a very popular first name for females (#1704 out of 4276, Top 40%) and a slightly less popular surname for all people (#84631 out of 150436, Top 56%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Tommy entered the list in 1910-1919 and reached its top rank of #1194 in the U.S. during the years 1930-1939, but is not ranked at the moment. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent varying forms of Tommy ranked in the Top 2000 are Tammi, Tammie, Thomasina, Tommie and Tommye. These forms of Tommy were favored as birth names 58 years ago (ADOPTION OF 0.15%), but now, forms such as Tammie have become somewhat outmoded.
Similar Names
Tommy is alike in pronunciation to Taima, Tama, Tami▼, Tamie, Tamma, Tammee, Tammey, Tammy▼, Timmey, Timmi and Timmie. Other suggested similar-sounding names are Cammy, Emmy▲, Jemmy, Kimmy, Pammy, Remmy, Romy, Tobey, Toby, Toney, Tony, Torey, Torry and Tory. These names tend to be less commonly used than Tommy.
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