Jimmy is a male given name of Hebrew origin. It is a

diminutive form A diminutive is a root word that has been modified to convey a slighter degree of its root meaning, either to convey the smallness of the object or quality named, or to convey a sense of intimacy or endearment. A (abbreviated ) is a word-formati ...

of the given name

James James is a common English language surname and given name: *James (name), the typically masculine first name James * James (surname), various people with the last name James James or James City may also refer to: People * King James (disambiguat ...

, along with its short form, Jim. Both can also be used as the adaptation into English of the popular modern Greek name

Dimitris Dimitris (Δημήτρης) is the Modern Greek form of the older forms Demetrios, Dimitrios (Δημήτριος, usually Latinized as Demetrius) and may refer to: *Dimitris Arvanitis (born 1980), Greek professional football defender who plays for ...

(Δημήτρης) or the older

Dimitrios Demetrius is the Latinized form of the Ancient Greek male given name ''Dēmḗtrios'' (), meaning “Demetris” - "devoted to goddess Demeter". Alternate forms include Demetrios, Dimitrios, Dimitris, Dmytro, Dimitri, Dimitrie, Dimitar, Dumit ...

(Demetrius), especially amongst Greek immigrants in English-speaking countries, due the similarity in the sound of the nickname Ντίμης/Dimi and Jimmy.

People

Jimmy Alapag Jim Olmedo Alapag (born December 30, 1977) is a Filipino-American former professional basketball player. He serves as an assistant coach for the Stockton Kings of the NBA G League. He is nicknamed "The Mighty Mouse" and "The Captain". Early lif ...

(born 1977), Filipino basketball player *

Jimmy Buffett James William Buffett (born December 25, 1946) is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, and businessman. He is best known for his music, which often portrays an "island escapism" lifestyle. Together with his Coral Reefer Band, Buffet ...

(born 1946), American musician *

Jimmy Butler Jimmy Butler III (born September 14, 1989) is an American professional basketball player for the Miami Heat of the National Basketball Association (NBA). Nicknamed "Jimmy Buckets", he is a six-time NBA All-Star, a four-time All-NBA Team honore ...

(born 1989), American basketball player *

Jimmy Barnes James Dixon "Jimmy" Barnes (née Swan; born 28 April 1956) is a Scottish-born Australian rock singer. His career, both as a solo performer and as the lead vocalist with the rock band Cold Chisel, has made him one of the most popular and best-s ...

(born 1956), Scottish-Australian rock musician *

Jimmy Bartel James Ross Bartel (born 4 December 1983) is a former Australian rules footballer who played for the Geelong Football Club in the Australian Football League (AFL). A utility, tall and weighing , Bartel contributed as a midfielder, forward, an ...

(born 1983), Australian rules football player *

Jimmy Carr James Anthony Patrick Carr (born 15 September 1972) is a British-Irish comedian, presenter, writer, and actor. He is known for his deadpan delivery of controversial one-liners and distinctive laugh, for which he has been both praised and criti ...

(born 1972), English stand-up comedian *

Jimmy Carter James Earl Carter Jr. (born October 1, 1924) is an American politician who served as the 39th president of the United States from 1977 to 1981. A member of the Democratic Party (United States), Democratic Party, he previously served as th ...

(born 1924), 39th president of the United States *

Jimmy Chamberlin James Joseph Chamberlin (born June 10, 1964) is an American drummer and record producer. He is best known as the drummer for the alternative rock band The Smashing Pumpkins. Following the 2000 breakup of the band, Chamberlin joined Pumpkins fro ...

(born 1964), American drummer *

Jimmy Chua Hwa Soon On 26 August 1996, at a flat in Bedok Reservoir Road, 25-year-old Jimmy Chua Hwa Soon (蔡华顺 Cài Huáshùn), an army sergeant of the Singapore Armed Forces (SAF), brutally slashed his 39-year-old sister-in-law Neo Lam Lye (梁南莱 Liáng N ...

(1971–1998), Singaporean murderer *

Jimmy Chin Jimmy Chin (born ) is an American professional mountain athlete, photographer, film director, and author. Chin has been a professional climber and skier on The North Face Athlete team for over 20 years. In 2006, Chin achieved the first succes ...

(born 1973), American professional climber and film director *

Jimmy Connors James Scott Connors (born September 2, 1952) is an American former world No. 1 tennis player. He held the top Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) ranking for a then-record 160 consecutive weeks from 1974 to 1977 and a career total of 268 ...

(born 1952), American tennis player *

Jimmy Donaldson Jimmy Donaldson (born May 7, 1998), better known as MrBeast, is an American YouTube personality, credited with pioneering a genre of YouTube videos that centers on expensive stunts. His MrBeast YouTube channel had 112.2 million subscribers as ...

(born 1998), American YouTuber and philanthropist, commonly known by his online alias as MrBeast *

Jimmy Dean Jimmy Ray Dean (August 10, 1928 – June 13, 2010) was an American country music singer, television host, actor and businessman. He was the creator of the Jimmy Dean sausage brand as well as the spokesman for its TV commercials. He became ...

(1928–2010), American country music singer *

Jimmy Doolittle James Harold Doolittle (December 14, 1896 – September 27, 1993) was an American military general and aviation pioneer who received the Medal of Honor for his daring raid on Japan during World War II. He also made early coast-to-coast flights ...

(1896–1993), American General and aviation pioneer *

Jimmy Dore James Patrick Anthony Dore (born July 26, 1965) is an American stand-up comedian, political commentator, podcaster, and YouTube personality. He is the host of ''The Jimmy Dore Show'', a comedic talk show on YouTube where he interviews guests of a ...

(born 1965), American comedian *

Jimmy Durante James Francis Durante ( , ; February 10, 1893 – January 29, 1980) was an American comedian, actor, singer, vaudevillian, and pianist. His distinctive gravelly speech, Lower East Side accent, comic language-butchery, jazz-influenced song ...

(1893–1980), American actor and comedian *

Jimmy Enabu Jimmy Abraham Enabu (born 17 April 1988) is a Ugandan professional basketball player. He currently plays for the City Oilers club of the NBL. He started his career with the Knight Riders basketball team from Entebbe in 2007. Enabu moved to City ...

(born 1988), Ugandan basketball player *

Jimmy Fallon James Thomas Fallon (born September 19, 1974) is an American comedian, television host, actor, and writer. He is known for his work in television as a cast member on ''Saturday Night Live'' and as the host of the late-night talk show ''The Ton ...

(born 1974), American comedian *

Jimmy Garoppolo James Richard Garoppolo (born November 2, 1991), nicknamed Jimmy G, is an American football quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at Eastern Illinois, where he set the school r ...

(born 1991), American football quarterback *

Jimmy Governor Jimmy Governor (1875 – 1901) was an Indigenous Australian who was proclaimed an outlaw after committing a series of murders in 1900. His actions initiated a cycle of violence in which nine people were killed (either by Governor or his accomp ...

(1875–1901), Indigenous Australian outlaw *

Jimmy Greaves James Peter Greaves (20 February 1940 – 19 September 2021) was an English professional footballer who played as a forward. Greaves is regarded as one of England’s best ever players. He is England's fifth-highest international goalscorer ...

(1940–2021), English footballer *

Jimmy Hall Jimmy Hall (born April 26, 1949) is the American lead singer and harmonica player for the Southern rock group, Wet Willie. Hall was born in Birmingham, Alabama, and reared in Mobile, Alabama. He first gained notoriety in 1970 as the lead vocal ...

(born 1994), American basketball player in the

Israeli National League Liga Leumit ( he, ליגה לאומית, lit. ''National League'') is the second division of the Israeli Football League, and below its Premier League. Structure There are 16 clubs in the league. At the end of each season, the two lowest-place ...

Jimmy Hallinan James H. Hallinan (May 27, 1849 – October 28, 1879) was an Irish born professional baseball player. In the first professional league season, he played shortstop in five games for the 1871 Fort Wayne Kekiongas. He returned to professional ...

(1849–1879), Irish-American baseball player *

Jimmy Hampson James Hampson (23 March 1906 – 10 January 1938) was an English professional footballer. He spent eleven seasons at Blackpool, where he remains record goalscorer with 252 goals in 373 games, and is still regarded as one of the best centre forw ...

(1906–1938), English professional footballer *

Jimmy Herget Jimmy Matthew Herget ( ; born September 9, 1993) “The Human Glitch” is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Los Angeles Angels of Major League Baseball (MLB). He previously played in MLB for the Cincinnati Reds and Texas Ranger ...

(born 1993), American baseball player *

Jimmy Hoffa James Riddle Hoffa (born February 14, 1913 – disappeared July 30, 1975; declared dead July 30, 1982) was an American labor union leader who served as the president of the International Brotherhood of Teamsters (IBT) from 1957 until 1971. F ...

(1913–1982), American labor union leader * Jimmy Johnson (disambiguation), several people *

Jimmy Kimmel James Christian Kimmel (born November 13, 1967) is an American television host, comedian, writer, and producer. He is the host and executive producer of ''Jimmy Kimmel Live!'', a late-night talk show that premiered on ABC on January 26, 2003, ...

(born 1967), American television host *

Jimmy Lai Lai Chee-ying ( zh, link=no, t=黎智英, born 8 December 1947), also known as Jimmy Lai, is a Hong Kong busniessman and a politician. He founded Giordano, an Asian clothing retailer, Next Digital (formerly Next Media), a Hong Kong-listed med ...

(born 1948), Hong Kong entrepreneur and social activist *

Jimmy Lambert James Michael Lambert (born November 18, 1994) is an American professional baseball pitcher for the Chicago White Sox of Major League Baseball (MLB). Amateur career Lambert attended San Dimas High School in San Dimas, California. As a senior, he ...

(born 1994), American baseball player *

Jimmy Monaghan Jimmy Monaghan (Irish: Seamus Ó Muíneacháin) is an Irish musician from Belmullet, Ireland. He is the lead singer, guitarist, and songwriter for the anti-folk band Music for Dead Birds. He has also released music under different names includi ...

, Irish musician *

Jimmy Morales Jimmy Morales (born James Ernesto Morales Cabrera, ; 18 March 1969) is a Guatemalan politician, actor and comedian. From 2016 to 2020, he served as the 50th president of Guatemala. Early and personal life Morales was born in Guatemala City ...

(born 1969), President of Guatemala *

Jimmy Moreland Jimmy Roger Moreland Jr. (born August 26, 1995) is an American football cornerback for the New York Jets of the National Football League (NFL). He played college football at James Madison and was drafted by the Washington Redskins in the seventh ...

(born 1996), American football player * Jimmy Murray (offensive lineman) (born 1995), American football player *

Jimmy Nelson (disambiguation) Jimmy Nelson may refer to: Sports *Jimmy Nelson (footballer) (1901–1965), Scottish international footballer * Jimmy Nelson (rugby union, born 1903) (1903–1981), Scotland international rugby union player *Jimmy Nelson (American football) (1919� ...

, several people *

Jimmy Page James Patrick Page (born 9 January 1944) is an English musician who achieved international success as the guitarist and founder of the rock band Led Zeppelin. Page is prolific in creating guitar riffs. His style involves various alternative ...

(born 1944), English musician * Jimmy Pahun (born 1962), French politician *

Jimmy Ray James Ray (born 3 October 1970), known professionally by his stage name Jimmy Ray, is an English singer, songwriter and musician. Career In press interviews and promotional materials, Ray cited his influence by the music of Elvis Presley and o ...

(born 1970), English singer *

Jimmy Santos (singer) Jimmy Santos is an Afro-Uruguayan popular vocalist of candombe, jazz and rock. Jimmy has lived in Argentina since 1976 and is part of the black population in Argentina. He also plays the drums. In 1977 he joined Raíces (band), Raíces. He has a ...

, Afro-Uruguayan singer *

Jimmy Santos (actor) Jaime Santos (born October 8, 1951), professionally known as Jimmy Santos, is a Filipino actor, comedian, TV host, and former professional basketball player. Basketball career Prior to his acting career, Santos became one of the "starting five" ...

(born 1951), Filipino comedian and former basketball player *

Jimmy Savile Sir James Wilson Vincent Savile (; 31 October 1926 – 29 October 2011) was an English DJ, television and radio personality who hosted BBC shows including ''Top of the Pops'' and ''Jim'll Fix It''. During his lifetime, he was well known ...

(1926–2011), British DJ, television and radio personality, and alleged sex offender *

Jimmy Smits Jimmy L. Smits (born July 9, 1955) is an American actor. He is best known for playing attorney Victor Sifuentes on the 1980s-1990s legal drama ''L.A. Law'', NYPD Detective Bobby Simone on the 1990s-2000s police drama '' NYPD Blue'', Matt Santos ...

(born 1955), American actor *

Jimmy the Greek James George Snyder Sr. (born Dimetrios Georgios Synodinos Roberto Kurtz, September 9, 1918 – April 21, 1996), better known as Jimmy the Greek, was an American sports commentator and Las Vegas bookmaker. A regular contributor to the CBS prog ...

(1918–1996), American sports commentator and bookmaker *

Jimmy Wakely Jimmy Wakely (February 16, 1914 – September 23, 1982) was an American actor, songwriter, country music vocalist, and one of the last singing cowboys. During the 1930s, 1940s and 1950s, he released records, appeared in several B-Western movies ...

(1914–1982), American country singer, actor *

Jimmy Wong James Franklin Wong (born March 28, 1987) is an American actor and musician. He is best known for his 2011 music video, "Ching Chong: Asians in the Library Song" and for his role as Ted in the web series '' Video Game High School''. In 2017, h ...

(born 1987), American musician *

Jimmy Wales Jimmy Donal Wales (born August 7, 1966), also known on Wikipedia by the pseudonym Jimbo, is an American-British Internet entrepreneur, webmaster, and former financial trader. He is a co-founder of the online non-profit encyclopedia Wikipedi ...

(born 1966), American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia *

Jimmy Work Jimmy Work (March 29, 1924 – December 22, 2018) was an American country musician and songwriter best known for the country standard "Making Believe". Work was born in Akron, Ohio, but moved to Dukedom, Tennessee, with his family at age two. H ...

(1924–2018), American singer-songwriter *

Jimmy Yacabonis James Allin Yacabonis (born March 21, 1992) is an American professional baseball pitcher in the New York Mets organization. He has played in Major League Baseball (MLB) for the Baltimore Orioles, Seattle Mariners, Miami Marlins and Tampa Bay Rays ...

(born 1992), American baseball player * Jimmy Young, several people *

Jimmy Zoppi James Carter Cathcart (born March 8, 1954) is an American voice actor, script adaptor, voice director, pianist and vocalist known for providing the English voice for James, Meowth and Professor Oak in the ''Pokémon'' franchise since 2005. Ca ...

, stage name of American voice actor James Carter Cathcart

Fictional characters

*Jimmy, a character in the 2005 film version of ''

King Kong King Kong is a fictional giant monster resembling a gorilla, who has appeared in various media since 1933. He has been dubbed The Eighth Wonder of the World, a phrase commonly used within the franchise. His first appearance was in the novelizat ...

'' *

Jimmy the Idiot Boy Jimmy may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Jimmy'' (2008 film), a 2008 Hindi thriller directed by Raj N. Sippy * ''Jimmy'' (1979 film), a 1979 Indian Malayalam film directed by Melattoor Ravi Varma * ''Jimmy'' (2013 f ...

, a character created by

John Kricfalusi Michael John Kricfalusi ( ; born September 9, 1955), known professionally as John K., is a Canadian illustrator, blogger, voice actor and former animator. He is the creator of the animated television series ''The Ren & Stimpy Show'', which was ...

*Jimmy Crystal, a character from the animated film ''

Sing 2 ''Sing 2'' is a 2021 American computer-animated jukebox musical comedy film produced by Illumination and distributed by Universal Pictures. The sequel to ''Sing'' (2016) and the second film in the franchise, it was again written and directed b ...

'' *Jimmy Falcone, a character from ''

Fugget About It ''Fugget About It'' is a Canadian adult animated sitcom created by Nicholas Tabarrok and Willem Wennekers for Teletoon's late night block, Teletoon at Night. The show is rated 14A for sexuality, violence, and profanity, which makes it the first ...

'' *

Jimmy Five Jimmy Five, known as Cebolinha in Portuguese, is one of '' Monica and Friends'' main characters. He was created in 1960, at first as a support character for Franklin and Blu who the following year became the protagonist of his own series of new ...

, a character in the Brazilian comic series ''

Monica's Gang ''Monica's Gang'' or ''Monica and Friends'' (Portuguese: ''Turma da Mônica''; British English: ''Monica & Friends'') is a Brazilian comic book series and media franchise created by Mauricio de Sousa. The series originated in a newspaper comic ...

'' *James "Jimmy" Hopkins, a character from ''

Bully Bullying is the use of force, coercion, hurtful teasing or threat, to abuse, aggressively wikt:domination, dominate or intimidate. The behavior is often repeated and habitual. One essential prerequisite is the perception (by the bully or by ot ...

'' *

Jimmy Hudson Jimmy Hudson is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by Marvel Comics. The character appears in the Ultimate Marvel universe and is the son of Wolverine (Ultimate Marvel character), Ultimate Wolverine. After the Secret ...

, a character in Marvel Comics' Ultimate Marvel universe *James "Jimmy" De Santa, a character from ''

Grand Theft Auto V ''Grand Theft Auto V'' is a 2013 action-adventure game developed by Rockstar North and published by Rockstar Games. It is the seventh main entry in the Grand Theft Auto, ''Grand Theft Auto'' series, following 2008's ''Grand Theft Auto IV'', and ...

'' *Jimmy Lee, a character in the 1990s animated series ''

Double Dragon is a beat 'em up video game series initially developed by Technōs Japan and released as an arcade game in 1987. The series features twin martial artists, Billy and Jimmy Lee, as they fight against various adversaries and rivals. The original ...

'' * James "Jimmy" McGill, (aka Saul Goodman) a major character in ''

Breaking Bad ''Breaking Bad'' is an American crime drama television series created and produced by Vince Gilligan. Set and filmed in Albuquerque, New Mexico, the series follows Walter White (Bryan Cranston), an underpaid, overqualified, and dispirited hig ...

'' and the lead character in its spin-off ''

Better Call Saul ''Better Call Saul'' is an American crime and legal drama television series created by Vince Gilligan and Peter Gould. Part of the ''Breaking Bad'' franchise, it is a spin-off of Gilligan's previous series, ''Breaking Bad'', and serves as a ...

'' *Jimmy, a character from ''

Ed, Edd n Eddy '' Ed, Edd n Eddy'' is a Canadian animated comedy television series created by Danny Antonucci for Cartoon Network and distributed by Warner Bros. Domestic Television. The series revolves around three friends named Ed, Edd (called "Double D" ...

'' *

Jimmy Neutron James Isaac Neutron is the titular and main character from the film '' Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' and its spin-off Nickelodeon computer animated television series ''The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron, Boy Genius''. Created by show runner John ...

, a character from Nickelodeon's '' The Adventures of Jimmy Neutron: Boy Genius'' *Jimmy Kudo, a character in the anime ''

Case Closed ''Case Closed'', also known as , is a Japanese detective manga series written and illustrated by Gosho Aoyama. It has been serialized in Shogakukan's ''shōnen'' manga magazine ''Weekly Shōnen Sunday'' since January 1994, with its ch ...

'' *

Jimmy Olsen Jimmy Olsen is a fictional character appearing in American comic books published by DC Comics. Olsen is most often portrayed as a young photojournalist working for the ''Daily Planet''. He is close friends with Lois Lane and Clark Kent, and has ...

, a character who appears mainly in DC Comics’ Superman stories *

Jimmy the raven Jimmy (often erroneously credited as Jimmy the Crow) was a raven actor who appeared in more than 1,000 feature films from the 1930s to the 1950s. Profile He first appeared in '' You Can't Take It with You'' in 1938. Director Frank Capra would t ...

, a raven who appeared in over 1000 films *Jimmy Two-Shoes, a character in the Canadian animated series of the same name *

Jimmy Valmer James "Jimmy" Valmer () is a fictional character from the American animated television series ''South Park''. He is voiced by Trey Parker. He is physically disabled, requiring forearm crutches in order to walk. Character biography In season 7 epi ...

, a character from ''

South Park ''South Park'' is an American animated sitcom created by Trey Parker and Matt Stone and developed by Brian Graden for Comedy Central. The series revolves around four boys Stan Marsh, Kyle Broflovski, Eric Cartman, and Kenny McCormickand th ...

'' *Jimmy Bones, character and main antagonist from the 2001 horror film ''

Bones A bone is a rigid organ that constitutes part of the skeleton in most vertebrate animals. Bones protect the various other organs of the body, produce red and white blood cells, store minerals, provide structure and support for the body, an ...

'' *James Sadler, aka Jimmy aka Merlin, from comic fantasy book Magic 2.0 by ''

Scott Meyer (author) Scott Oscar Meyer is an American author, comedian, and artist, known for his webcomic ''Basic Instructions'' and his comic fantasy series '' Magic 2.0''. Basic Instructions Meyer initially began posting ''Basic Instructions'' on his LiveJournal ...

'' *Jimmy the Werewolf, a character in the webcomic ''Fangs'' by

Sarah Andersen Sarah Andersen is an American cartoonist and illustrator, and the author of the webcomic '' Sarah's Scribbles''. Biography Andersen graduated from the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA) in 2014. While attending MICA, she started drawing t ...

*Jimmy the Robot, a character in ''The Aquabats! Super Show!'' * Jimmy Gourd, a character in the Christian computer-animated direct-to-video series ''

VeggieTales ''VeggieTales'' is an American Christian media, computer generated musical children's animation, and book franchise created by Phil Vischer and Mike Nawrocki under Big Idea Entertainment. The series sees fruit and vegetable characters retelling ...

'' *Jimmy Osgood, a character in ''Static Shock'' *

The Jimmy "The Jimmy" is the 105th episode of the NBC sitcom ''Seinfeld''. This is the 19th episode for the sixth season. It originally aired on March 16, 1995. The episode's title refers to guest character Jimmy (played by Anthony Starke), who transmits hi ...

, a character who has a habit of referring to himself in the third person on the 105th episode of

Seinfeld ''Seinfeld'' ( ) is an American television sitcom created by Larry David and Jerry Seinfeld. It aired on NBC from July 5, 1989, to May 14, 1998, over nine seasons and List of Seinfeld episodes, 180 episodes. It stars Seinfeld as Jerry Seinfeld ( ...

.''

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