Given name & surname
Tommey
“twin”
Tommey is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tommey is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
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Where it comes from
Tommey is a variant of Thomas. Thomas developed from an Aramaic byname and reached wider use through its Greek biblical form.
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How it developed
Tommey is a variant of Thomas. The shared background comes through Thomas: The apostle is called Thomas and also Didymus in the New Testament. Didymus reflects the Greek word for “twin,” matching the meaning of the Aramaic byname behind Thomas.
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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. Tommey is a variant of Thomas. The history of Thomas gives this family its wider story. Thomas was the name of one of Jesus’s twelve apostles, remembered in Christian tradition for his doubts and later reassurance. That story helped establish the name across Christian naming traditions.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tommey through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 112
- 112 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1940
- 10 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 6 in 1967. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 10 in 1940. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 133 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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