Given name & surname
Tommi
Tommi is a masculine given name from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Finnish.
Meaning & origin
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1945. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tommi through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,837
- 22 boys · 1,815 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 47 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #4,160 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +13%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 35 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,160 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 8.3% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, Ohio had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (6). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,557 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.
Tommi’s family of names
In Finnish usage, Tommi shares a linguistic root with the English form Tommy. In German usage, Tommi has a related form in Tommy.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 Tommi
- Tommi MäkinenFinnish rally driverborn 1964
- Tommi EviläFinnish athletics competitor (born 1980)
- Tommi KivistöFinnish ice hockey playerborn 1991
- Tommi KorpelaFinnish actor (born 1968)
- Tommi VaihoSwedish footballer (born 1988)
- Tommi HuhtalaFinnish ice Hockey playerborn 1987
- Tommi GrönlundFinnish footballerborn 1969
- Tommi TiilikainenFinnish volleyball playerborn 1987
- Tommi KinnunenFinnish teacher and writerborn 1973
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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