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Tami

Tami: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“date palm”
Origin
Hebrew
Say it
TAM-ee · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Usually a variant of Tammy, often used as a short form of Tamara or Tamar. Through Tamar it goes back to Hebrew tamar 'date palm'.

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How popular is Tami?

20242.1 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Tami in 20247

Peak year1959

Total US babies since 188038,004

Tami is fading: recent use is about 64% of its level ten years before.

Names like Tami

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Tammypalm tree · Hebrew
  • Tammidate palm · Hebrew
  • Elizabethmy God is an oath · Hebrew
  • Elianamy God has answered · Hebrew
  • Abigailmy father is joy · Hebrew
  • Naomipleasantness · Hebrew
  • Hannahgrace; favor · Hebrew
  • Maryuncertain, traditionally beloved or bitter · Hebrew

Tami questions

What does the name Tami mean?

Tami means "date palm". It comes from Hebrew. Usually a variant of Tammy, often used as a short form of Tamara or Tamar. Through Tamar it goes back to Hebrew tamar 'date palm'.

Is Tami a boy or girl name?

Tami is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Tami?

7 US babies were named Tami in 2024. Its peak year was 1959.

How do you pronounce Tami?

Tami is usually pronounced TAM-ee.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.