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 [ 2 syll. tom-my, to-mmy ] The boy name Tommy is pronounced TAAMiy KEY. Tommy's origin is Aramaic, and its use, English. Tommy is a pet form of the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas. Tommy is an all-time favorite. Today it is still fairly popular as a baby name for boys, though it was in more widespread use previously. The name rose in popularity from the 1900s up to the 1940s. At the modest height of its usage in 1944, 0.267% of baby boys were given the name Tommy. It ranked at #70 then. The baby name has since experienced a marked decline in frequency. In 2008, it ranked at #516 with a usage of only 0.024%. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Tommy, the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas was the most popular. It was used 16 times more than Tommy in 2008. Baby names that sound like Tommy include the English Tommie, the name Taman, the English Tammen, the Frisian and German Tammo, the English and Scottish Tammy, the name Tani, the English Tanney, the Ghanaian Tanno, the English Tanny, the Italian, Spanish, and Ghanaian Tano, the Finnish Tauno, the name Tawno, the Finnish Teemu, the name Teman, the Greek Thano, the German Thiemo, the German Thimo, the German Thoma, the English, French, and German Thommy, and the Dutch Tijn. Details of famous persons named Tommy: KEY: Pronunciation for Tommy: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)"   |
