Tommy

English

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɒmi

Proper noun

Tommy

1. A diminutive of the male given name Thomas.

Noun

Tommy (plural Tommies)

1. Colloquial name for a British soldier during the world wars.

   1929: And every night now he played pontoon, that game of the Tommies, with Mrs Bolton, gambling with sixpences. — D. H. Lawrence, Lady Chatterley's Lover, 1929, Chapter 15

Synonyms

• Tommy Atkins

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Danish

Etymology

From English Tommy.

Proper noun

Tommy

1. A male given name.

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Norwegian

Etymology

From English Tommy. First recorded as a given name in Norway around 1870.

Proper noun

Tommy

1. A male given name.

References

• Kristoffer Kruken - Ola Stemshaug: Norsk personnamnleksikon, Det Norske Samlaget, Oslo 1995, ISBN 82-521-4483-7
• [1] Statistisk sentralbyrå, Namnestatistikk: 9 285 males with the given name Tommy living in Norway on January 1st 2011, with the frequency peak in the 1970s. Accessed on 19 May, 2011.

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Swedish

Etymology

From English Tommy. First recorded as a given name in Sweden in 1886.

Proper noun

Tommy

1. A male given name.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
• [2] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 42 964 males with the given name Tommy living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1950s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.