Baby name
FADING
🇬🇧 🇺🇸 Tammy
/TAM · ee/
Meaning
“Palm tree or spice”
English diminutive of Tamara, from Hebrew or Arabic meaning 'palm tree' or 'spice'; popularized in the US through the 1957 film Tammy and the Bachelor.
Nicknames
tam
Vibe
gentle
How it ages.
Firmly mid-century American; peaked in the 1960s-70s and will feel dated for some time yet.
The cultural moment.
Top 50 in the US in the 1960s-70s; now rare for new babies.