Given name & surname · also Japanese
Tomi
“a wealthy man”·“of the people”
Tomi is used as a given name and a surname. Interpretations include “a wealthy man” and “of the people”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a wealthy man” and “of the people”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Where it comes from
This spelling has been associated with Japanese and African naming traditions.
How it developed
In Hungarian usage, Tomi is a diminutive of Tamás. In Finnish usage, Tomi developed from Tom.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tomi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,948
- 136 boys · 2,812 girls
- Most popular year
- 1979
- 63 babies
- 2025
- 25
- #6,094 for girls · #13,709 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −1%
- Steady
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 6,094 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 5.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 60 in 1977. It also appeared in 5 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,819 as a first name in 2020; 128 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.
Tomi’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Tomi is a diminutive of Tamás. In Finnish usage, Tomi developed from the English form Tom. Tomi has a related form in Tomy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tomi has relatives in 4 languages. Lines run from its Japanese roots to each of them.
3 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tomi
- Tomi JuricAustralian soccer player (born 1993)born 1991
- Tomi UngererFrench illustrator and writer (1931–2019)
- Tomi PoikolainenFinnish archer and firefighterborn 1961
- Tomi AdeyemiNigerian-American authorborn 1993
- Tomi HorvatSlovenian association football playerborn 1999
- Tomi LahrenAmerican political commentatorborn 1992
- Tomi OdunsiNigerian actress and singerborn 1987
- Tomi JoutsenFinnish singerborn 1975
- Tomi NybäckFinnish chess playerborn 1985
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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