Tommi

Traditional Finnish diminutive of Tuomas (“Thomas”) and Tuomo. Used as a formal given name since 20th century, reinforced by the English Tommy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtomːi/, [ˈt̪o̞mːi]
• Rhymes: -omːi
• Syllabification^(key): Tom‧mi

Tommi

1. a male given name from Biblical Hebrew
   • 1894, Santeri Alkio, Puukkojunkkarit, WSOY, published 1981, →ISBN, page 28:

     Juuri kun hän parhaillaan pauhasi ja toiset vatsojaan pidellen nauroivat, työnnettiin kamarin ovi auki ja Kasarin Tommi astui sisään. Jykevä mies, jonka leveät hartiat ahdas körttinuttu teki vielä jykevämmiksi.

     Just as he blustered and the others laughed their bellies out, the bedroom door swung open and Tommi Kasari stepped in. A sturdy man, whose broad shoulders were made even sturdier by the tight tailcoated jacket.

   • 1946 Laila Järvinen, Peppi Pitkätossu (translation of Astrid Lindgren's Pippi Långstrump) WSOY, page 8:

     Lapset olivat hyvin kilttejä, hyvin kasvatettuja ja tottelevaisia. Tommi ei koskaan purrut kynsiään, hänen tukkansa oli aina kammattu, ja melkein aina hän teki mitä hänen äitinsä pyysi.

     The children were very kind, well raised and obedient. Tommi never bit his nails, his hair was always groomed and he almost always did what his mother asked of him.

   • 2017, Kia Walli, Avokadopastaa, Otava, →ISBN, page 213:

     Tommi. Saili piti nimeä suussaan. Se alkoi teenä kitalaesta ja päättyi pehmeään, huulten välistä tulevaan iihin. Ihana nimi, Saili ajatteli, Tommia hänellä ei ollut vielä ollutkaan. […] Saili ja Tommi kuulosti Sailista ainakin yhtä seksikkäältä ja legendaariselta kuin Bonnie ja Clyde.

     Tommi. Saili kept the name in her mouth. It started as a T in the palate and finished off in a soft I right between the lips. What a lovely name, Saili thought, she had never had a Tommi before. […] Saili and Tommi sounded to Salli at least as sexy and legendary as Bonnie and Clyde.

• (surnames) Tommila

• Tommi is the 52^nd most common male given name in Finland, belonging to 14,314 male individuals (and as a middle name to 683 more), according to February 2023 data from the Digital and Population Data Services Agency of Finland.