Find out how popular the last name Jimmy is in the United States and learn more about the meaning, history, and race and ethnic origin of people in America who are named Jimmy.

Jimmy, like all of the last names we have data for, is identified by the U.S. Census Bureau as a surname which has more than 100 occurrences in the United States in the Decennial Census survey. The most recent statistics we have for the Jimmy surname is from the 2010 census data.

Popularity of Jimmy in America

Jimmy is the 41959th most popular name in America based on the data we have collected from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The Jimmy surname appeared 518 times in the 2010 census and if you were to sample 100,000 people in the United States, approximately 0 people would have the surname Jimmy.

We can also compare 2010 data for Jimmy to data from the previous census in 2000. The table below contains all of the statistics for both years in a side-by-side comparison.

The history of the last name Jimmy

The surname Jimmy is an English name derived from the medieval personal name Gemyn, which is a diminutive form of the name Jeremiah. The name Jeremiah originates from the Hebrew name "Yirmeyahu," meaning "Yahweh has uplifted" or "Yahweh has appointed."

The earliest recorded use of the surname Jimmy dates back to the late 12th century in Norfolk, England. It is believed to have originated from the Old French name "Geminon," which was a variant of the English name Gemyn. In the Domesday Book of 1086, there are references to individuals with the name "Geminon" living in various parts of England.

One of the earliest recorded individuals with the surname Jimmy was John Jimmy, a landowner in Lincolnshire, England, who was mentioned in the Pipe Rolls of 1195. Another early bearer of the name was William Jimmy, a monk who lived in the 13th century and was recorded in the chronicles of the Augustinian Priory of St. Osyth in Essex.

In the 14th century, the surname Jimmy was also found in various historical records related to the English gentry and nobility. For instance, Sir Thomas Jimmy was a knight who fought in the Hundred Years' War and was mentioned in the Siege of Calais in 1347.

During the Tudor period, the surname Jimmy was associated with several notable figures. One of them was John Jimmy (c. 1510-1567), an English lawyer and Member of Parliament who served as a judge during the reign of Queen Elizabeth I.

Other notable individuals with the surname Jimmy include Captain Robert Jimmy (1635-1702), a British naval officer who served in the Anglo-Dutch Wars, and Sir Edward Jimmy (1705-1789), a wealthy merchant and landowner from Hertfordshire, England.

The surname Jimmy has also been associated with various place names in England, such as Jimmy's End in Hertfordshire and Jimmy's Lane in Kent. These place names likely originated from individuals bearing the surname Jimmy who lived or owned land in those areas.

Race and ethnic origin of people with the last name Jimmy

We also have some data on the ancestry of people with the surname Jimmy.

The below race categories are the modified race categories used in the Census Bureau's population estimates program. All people were categorized into six mutually exclusive racial and Hispanic origin groups:

1. White only
2. Black only
3. American Indian and Alaskan Native only
4. Asian and Pacific Islander only
5. Hispanic
6. Two or More Races

For the most recent 2010 census data, the race/ethnic origin breakdown for Jimmy was:

Note: Any fields showing (S) means the data was suppressed for privacy so that the data does not in any way identify any specific individuals.

Since we have data from the previous census in 2000, we can also compare the values to see how the popularity of Jimmy has changed in the 10 years between the two census surveys.

Data source

The last name data and ethnic breakdown of last names is sourced directly from the Decennial Census survey, conducted every 10 years by the United States Census Bureau.

The history and meaning of the name Jimmy was researched and written by our team of onomatology and genealogy experts.

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