Given name & surname
Tammany
“a friendly chief”
Tammany is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “a friendly chief.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a friendly chief.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1963. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tammany through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 6
- 0 boys · 6 girls
- Most popular year
- 1963
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 6 in 1963. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 135 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tammany’s family of names
Tammany has a related form in Tammanea. Tammany has a related form in Tammanee. Tammany has a related form in Tammaney.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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