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Tommy

Tommy ranks #24 out of 682 boy cat names in our data (the #1 boy cat name is Charlie). Across all 4 places, 49 cats carry the name. It's also a dog name: #156 among boy dog names.
Tommy's popularity trend

Tommy's share of cats, year by year — or toggle to its yearly rank. Peak year by share: 2016.

0.1%0.2%0.3%20122014201620182019
Cats in our data
49
across 4 places
Popularity rank
#24
of 682 boy cat names
5-year rank move
−5
2014 → 2019
Gender split
98% male
2% female98% male

Gender split comes from 94 US shelter cats — the one source in our data that records a cat's sex.

What does Tommy mean?
/ˈtɑmi/2 syllables

Tommy is a familiar pet form of Thomas, which comes from the Aramaic te'oma, meaning "twin." Thomas was the name of one of the twelve apostles, often called "Doubting Thomas" in the biblical account, and Tommy has long stood on its own as a friendly, everyday nickname.

Tommy is warm and unpretentious, a comfortable, classic name that suits a companion with an easygoing, good-natured temperament.

Etymology & pronunciation from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).

Where Tommy shows up

Cats named Tommy per place, against that place's total.

PlaceShare
TorontoON, CA0.18%
SeattleWA, US0.08%
Surf Coast ShireVIC, AU0.25%
DarwinNT, AU0.13%

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