Jimmy (given name)
Jimmy is a male given name. It is predominately used as a diminutive form of the given name James, along with its short form, Jim.
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| Pronunciation | /ˈdʒɪmi/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Male |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Jim, Jimi, Jimster, Jimmi, Jimmie, James, Jemmy, Jack, Jimbo, Jacob |
Both can also be used as the adaptation into English of the modern Greek name Dimitris (Δημήτρης) or the older Dimitrios (Δημήτριος), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, due the similarity in the sound of the short name Ντίμης/Dimi and Jimmy.
People
- Jimmy Alapag (born 1977), Filipino basketball player
- Jimmy Buffett (1946—2023), American musician
- Jimmy Butler (born 1989), American basketball player
- Jimmy Barnes (born 1956), Scottish-Australian rock musician
- Jimmy Bartel (born 1983), Australian rules football player
- Jimmy Carr (born 1972), English stand-up comedian
- Jimmy Carter (born 1924), 39th president of the United States
- Jimmy Chamberlin (born 1964), American drummer
- Jimmy Chua Hwa Soon (1971–1998), Singaporean murderer
- Jimmy Chin (born 1973), American professional climber and film director
- Jimmy Connors (born 1952), American tennis player
- Jimmy Donaldson (born 1998), American YouTuber and philanthropist, commonly known by his online alias as MrBeast
- Jimmy Dean (1928–2010), American country music singer
- Jimmy Doolittle (1896–1993), American General and aviation pioneer
- Jimmy Dore (born 1965), American comedian
- Jimmy Durante (1893–1980), American actor and comedian
- Jimmy Enabu (born 1988), Ugandan basketball player
- Jimmy Fallon (born 1974), American comedian
- Jimmy Garoppolo (born 1991), American football quarterback
- Jimmy Governor (1875–1901), Indigenous Australian outlaw
- Jimmy Greaves (1940–2021), English footballer
- Jimmy Hall (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Jimmy Hallinan (1849–1879), Irish-American baseball player
- Jimmy Hampson (1906–1938), English professional footballer
- Jimmy Herget (born 1993), American baseball player
- Jimmy Hoffa (1913–1982), American labor union leader
- Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation), several people
- Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967), American television host
- Jimmy Lai (born 1948), Hong Kong entrepreneur and social activist
- Jimmy Lambert (born 1994), American baseball player
- Jimmy McMillan (born 1946), American political activist
- Jimmy Monaghan, Irish musician
- Jimmy Morales (born 1969), President of Guatemala
- Jimmy Moreland (born 1996), American football player
- Jimmy Murray (offensive lineman) (born 1995), American football player
- Jimmy Nelson (disambiguation), several people
- Jimmy Page (born 1944), English musician
- Jimmy Pahun (born 1962), French politician
- Jimmy Ray (born 1970), English singer
- Jimmy Santos (singer), Afro-Uruguayan singer
- Jimmy Santos (actor) (born 1951), Filipino comedian and former basketball player
- Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), British DJ, television and radio personality, and alleged sex offender
- Jimmy Smits (born 1955), American actor
- Jimmy the Greek (1918–1996), American sports commentator and bookmaker
- Jimmy Wakely (1914–1982), American country singer, actor
- Jimmy Wong (born 1987), American musician
- Jimmy Wales (born 1966), American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
- Jimmy Willis (born 1968), English footballer
- Jimmy Willis (politician), member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
- Jimmy Work (1924–2018), American singer-songwriter
- Jimmy Yacabonis (born 1992), American baseball player
- Jimmy Young, several people
- Jimmy Zoppi, stage name of American voice actor James Carter Cathcart
Fictional characters
- Jimmy, a character in the 2005 film version of King Kong
- Jimmy the Idiot Boy, a character created by John Kricfalusi
- Jimmy Crystal, a character from the animated film Sing 2
- Jimmy Falcone, a character from Fugget About It
- Jimmy Five, a character in the Brazilian comic series Monica's Gang
- James "Jimmy" Hopkins, a character from Bully
- Jimmy Hudson, a character in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel universe
- James "Jimmy" De Santa, a character from Grand Theft Auto V
- Jimmy Lee, a character in the 1990s animated series Double Dragon
- James "Jimmy" McGill, (aka Saul Goodman) a major character in Breaking Bad and the lead character in its spin-off Better Call Saul
- Jimmy, a character from Ed, Edd n Eddy
- Jimmy Natale, a Marvel Comics supervillain known as the Vulture
- Jimmy Neutron, a character from Nickelodeon's The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius
- Jimmy Kudo, a character in the anime Case Closed
- Jimmy Olsen, a character who appears mainly in DC Comics’ Superman stories
- Jimmy the raven, a raven who appeared in over 1000 films
- Jimmy Two-Shoes, a character in the Canadian animated series of the same name
- Jimmy Valmer, a character from South Park
- Jimmy Bones, character and main antagonist from the 2001 horror film Bones
- James Sadler, aka Jimmy aka Merlin, from comic fantasy book Magic 2.0 by Scott Meyer (author)
- St. Jimmy, a character from the rock opera American Idiot
- Jimmy Thang, aka Jimmy T., a character from the WarioWare series of video games
- Jimmy the Werewolf, a character in the webcomic Fangs by Sarah Andersen
- Jimmy the Robot, a character in The Aquabats! Super Show!
- Jimmy Gourd, a character in the Christian computer-animated direct-to-video series VeggieTales
- Jimmy Osgood, a character in Static Shock
- The Jimmy, a character who has a habit of referring to himself in the third person on the 105th episode of Seinfeld.
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