Tommy-John
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOM-ee-JON
- Origin
- Modern
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,065 for boys
Tommy-John is a boys' name of Modern origin, meaning “twin + God is gracious”. In 2025 it ranked 5,065th for boys in the UK (3 babies).
What does Tommy-John mean?
Modern: blend of Tommy and John
“twin + God is gracious”
Combines Tommy, the pet form of Thomas, with John, from the Hebrew Yochanan, God is gracious.
Is Tommy-John a girl's or a boy's name?
Tommy-John is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tommy-John in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #5,065among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 3about 1 in 100,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Steadydown 5% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 3 boys in the UK were named Tommy-John, making it the 5,065th most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 1,733rd. Its busiest year was 2020, with 14 boys.
2025 had fewer boys named Tommy-John than any year since 2018.
Half of all the boys named Tommy-John in the UK since 1996 were born between 2019 and 2023, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,974th in England and Wales.
Tommy-John in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,065 |
| 2024 | 7 | #3,003 |
| 2023 | 10 | #2,303 |
| 2022 | 4 | #4,195 |
| 2021 | 7 | #2,886 |
| 2020 | 14 | #1,733 |
| 2019 | 6 | #3,184 |
| 2018 | 1 | #6,277 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,063 |
| 2013 | 5 | #3,466 |
Nicknames for Tommy-John
Names like Tommy-John
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Theodore Tommy Tobias Robin Hudson Elias Elijah Teddy Theo Rowan Roman Arthur
More Modern names
Jayden Ailany Myla Kayden Nevaeh Jax Indie Miley Raelynn Kaiden Kehlani Alayna Caden Zayden Wrenley Mya
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tommy-John: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tommy-john, updated 20 October 2026.