Given name
Tomie
“a wealthy man”·“of the people”
Tomie 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
Tomie 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
Tomie 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 1886. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tomie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,380
- 904 boys · 476 girls
- Most popular year
- 1919
- 53 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 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 23 in 1924. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 556 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tomie’s family of names
Tomie has a related form in Tomi. In Japanese usage, Tomie is a Roman-alphabet rendering of 富枝.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tomie
- Tomie OhtakeBrazilian artist (1913-2015)
- Tomie ŌharaJapanese novelist and writer1912–2000
- Tomie EdanoJapanese table tennis playerborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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