| Name info: About the name Jimmy in particular | | Gender: | male |
| Languages of use: | English |
| Is diminutive of: | Jim |
| US 2021 rank: | #756 ... 756:Amias, 757:Amiri, 758:Jimmy, 759:Vicente, 760:Khari ... Full US 2021 list |
| Similarly written: | Timmy, Emmy, Imme, Jemma, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Mimma, Mimmi, Mimmo Details |
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| Group info: About Jacob/Jacqueline/Jakoba, the group of names with the same origin as Jimmy | | Meaning/translation: | Yahweh may protect; holder of the heel; supplanter |
| Language of origin: | Hebrew |
| Info about origin, male: | original, etymological meaning might be He (God) may protect |
| | but already in the Old Testament the name is interpreted as holder of the heel or supplanter |
| | in the Old Testament Jacob is a son of Isaac and the father of 12 sons who will found the 12 tribes of Israel |
| | during birth Jacob held the heel of his twin brother Esau for becoming the first-born (thus the given name interpretations) |
| | in the New Testament James the Elder and James the Younger are two disciples of Jesus |
| Words: | yahweh = (the name of God) (name of the one God according to the Old Testament) Hebrew |
| | aqeb = the heel Hebrew |
| | aqab = to supplant, to cheat Hebrew |
| Topics: | 12 Apostles, Interesting, Old Testament |
| Variants' top ranks: | 1:Jakob Austria First 2020, 1:James Ireland 2016, 1:Jacob USA 2012, 1:Diego Mexico 2007, 1:Jakub Poland 2015, 1:Thiago Puerto Rico 2023, 2:Jokubas Lithuania 2021, 2:Jakov Croatia 2023, 4:Diogo Portugal 2008, 4:Jekabs Latvia 2023 |
| Somehow related to: | Jahwe |
| Old/original forms: | Iacobus Latin, Iacomus Latin, Iakobos Old Greek, Yaakov Hebrew |
| Name variants: | Giacoma, Jackeline, Jackie, Jacklyn, Jacky, Jaclyn, Jacqueline, Jacquelyn, Jaime, Jaimie, Jakoba, Jakobea, Jakobine, Jami, Jamie, Jaquelin, Jaqueline, Jaslyn, Jayme, Jazlene, Jazlyn, Jazlynn, Jazzlyn, Coby, Diego, Diogo, Giacobbe, Giacomo, Iacopo, Iago, Jaakko, Jaap, Jachen, Jacob, Jacobo, Jacopo, Jacques, Jago, Jaime, Jak, Jaka, Jake, Jakob, Jakobe, Jakobus, Jakop, Jakov, Jakow, Jakub, James, Jamie, Jankel, Jascha, Jaycob, Jayme, Jekabs, Jeppe, Jim, Jimi, Jimmie, Jimmy, Jokubas, Kimo, Köbi, Koby, Lapo, Seamus, Seumas, Thiago, Tiago, Yaakob, Yaakov, Yago, Yakup, Yankel, Yaqub Sortable list Details |
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| Popularity: Popularity lists that contain the name Jimmy | | Series | Graph | Rankings |
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| France | Graph | 2002 136, 1997 100 |
| Sweden | Graph | 1999 87, 1998 78 |
| Switzerland | | 1997 317 |
| USA decades | Graph | 1990-1999 205, 1980-1989 138, 1970-1979 100, 1960-1969 77 |
| USA prevalence | | 1990 99 |
| USA yearly | Graph | 2023 817, 2022 774, 2021 756, 2020 726, 2019 670, 2018 652, 2017 591, 2016 553, 2015 575, 2014 521, 2013 481, 2012 459, 2011 418, 2010 373, 2009 369, 2008 355, 2007 332, 2006 325, 2005 303, 2004 280, 2003 278, 2002 266, 2001 277, 2000 272, 1999 272, 1998 265, 1997 244, 1996 223, 1995 219, 1994 210, 1993 199 |
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