Given name & surname
Tomey
“a wealthy man”·“of the people”
Tomey is a variant of Tomi. Interpretations include “a wealthy man” and “of the people”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tomey is a variant of Tomi. Interpretations include “a wealthy man” and “of the people”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tomey is a variant of Tomi. Tomi has been associated with Japanese and African naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1923. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tomey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 18
- 18 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1934
- 7 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 boys is 5 in 1935. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1934. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 809 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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