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Name meaning & stats

Tommi

Tommi means “twin”. 1,837 US babies since 1940, peak 1976. Notable Tommis are 5.2× over-represented as ice hockey players.

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What it means

“twin”

Spelling of Tommy

A short form of Thomas.

Tommy around the world

  • Томми · Russian
  • Томмі · Ukrainian
  • Τόμι · Greek
  • طومي · Arabic
  • טומי · Hebrew
  • トミー · Japanese
  • Toomas · Estonian
  • Tomasz · Polish
  • Toma
  • Tomaso · Italian

Famous Tommys

  • Tommy Lee Jones · American actor and film director (born 1946)
  • Tommy Robredo · Spanish tennis player (born 1982)
  • Tommy Emmanuel · Australian guitarist
  • Tommy Thayer · American guitarist (born 1960)

Tommy’s name day

  • December 21 · Norway

In US birth records

Peak year: 1976

40s50s60s70s80s90s00s10s20s

1,837 US babies were named Tommi between 1940 and 2025.

Tommi around the world

  • England & Wales: 271 babies since 1996, peak 2020, No. 2,659 in 2025
  • France: 55 babies since 1900, peak 2000, No. 2,933 in 2025

From official birth registries. Sources are listed on About the data.

Where Tommis end up

Careervs expectedConfidence
Ice hockey player5.2×High · 35 people
Politician1.3×High · 25 people
Footballer1.2×Medium · 23 people
Actor1.0×Low · 9 people

Among notable men who are ice hockey players, Tommis show up 5.2× as often as you'd expect from how common the name is.

Notable people of every nationality born 1940–2005 (Wikidata). Patterns, not destiny.

Other spellings

1 in 99 Tommys spell it Tommi

Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.

Name twins (peaked around 1976)