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.

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 Campbell (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jimmy Carr (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jimmy Carruthers (1929–1990), Australian boxer
*Jimmy Carter (1924–2024), 39th president of the United States
* Jimmy Caruthers (1945–1975), American racecar driver
*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 D'Anda, American drummer
*Jimmy Dean (1928–2010), American country music singer
* Jimmy Del Ray (1962–2014), American professional wrestler
* Jimmy Donaldson (born 1998), American YouTuber, known by his online alias as MrBeast
*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 Jack Funk (born 1959), American professional wrestler
* Jimmy Garoppolo (born 1991), American football quarterback
*Jimmy Garvin (born 1952), American professional wrestler
*Jimmy Golden (born 1950), American retired professional wrestler
* Jimmy Governor (1875–1901), Indigenous Australian outlaw
*Jimmy Greaves (1940–2021), English footballer
*Jimmy Hall (born 1949), lead singer and harmonica player for Wet Willie
*Jimmy Hall (born 1994), American basketball player in the Israeli National League
* Jimmy Halliday (1927–2013), Scottish author, historian and SNP politician
* Jimmy Hallinan (1849–1879), Irish-American baseball player
* Jimmy Hallybone (born 1962), English footballer
* Jimmy Hampson (1906–1938), English professional footballer
*Jimmy Hart (born 1944), American professional wrestling manager executive, composer, and musician
*Jimmy Hart (1875–1926), American professional baseball player
* Jimmy Havoc (born 1984), British former professional wrestler
* Jimmy Hendricks (died 1978), American murder victim
* Jimmy Herget (born 1993), American baseball player
* Jimmy Hoffa (1913–1982), American labor union leader
* James Iovine (born 1953), American entrepreneur, former record executive, and media proprietor
* Jimmy Jackson (wrestler) (1956–2008), American freestyle wrestler
* Jimmy Jump (born 1976), American streaker
* Jimmy Johnson, multiple people
*Jimmy Kimmel (born 1967), American television host
* Jimmy Korderas (born 1962), Canadian professional wrestling referee
*Jimmy Lai (born 1948), Hong Kong entrepreneur and social activist
* Jimmy Lambert (born 1994), American baseball player
*Jimmy McGriff (1936–2008), American hard bop and soul-jazz organist and organ trio bandleader
*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 Murphy, several people
* Jimmy Murray (born 1995), American football player
* Jimmy Nelson, several people
*Jimmy Osmond (born 1963), American singer and businessman
*Jimmy Page (born 1944), English musician
* Jimmy Pahun (born 1962), French politician
* Jimmy Rane (born 1947), American businessman
*Jimmy Ray (born 1970), English singer
*Jimmy Ruffin (1936–2014), American soul singer
*Jimmy Santos, Afro-Uruguayan singer
*Jimmy Santos (born 1951), Filipino comedian and former basketball player
*Jimmy Savile (1926–2011), British DJ, television and radio personality
* Jimmy Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
*Jimmy Smits (born 1955), American actor
*Jimmy Snuka (1943–2017), Fijian and American professional wrestler
* Jimmy Snyder (1934–2020), American country singer, songwriter, and guitarist
* Jimmy Snyder (1909–1939), American racing driver
* Jimmy Snyder (1918–1996), American sports commentator and bookmaker known as Jimmy the Greek
* Jimmy Soni, American author
*Jimmy Stewart, multiple people
*Jimmy Swaggart (born 1935), American Pentecostal televangelist
* Jimmy Taylor (born 1961), Australian missing person
* Jimmy Turk (born 1954), Arab-Israeli Team Israel Olympic footballer, Deputy Mayor of Tel Aviv
* Jimmy Uso (born 1985), American professional wrestler
*Jimmy Valiant (born 1942), American professional wrestler
*Jimmy Vee (born 1959), Scottish actor, puppeteer and stunt performer
*Jimmy Wakely (1914–1982), American country singer and actor
*Jimmy Wong (born 1987), American musician
*Jimmy Wales (born 1966), American-British entrepreneur, co-founder of Wikipedia
*Jimmy Wargh (born 1976), Finnish football executive, coach and former player
* Jimmy Webb (disambiguation), multiple people
* Jimmy Williams, multiple people
* Jimmy Willis (born 1968), English footballer
* Jimmy Willis, member of the West Virginia House of Delegates
* Jimmy Wilkerson (1981–2024), American professional football player
* Jimmy Work (1924–2018), American singer-songwriter
* Jimmy Yacabonis (born 1992), American baseball player
* Jimmy Wang Yang (born 1981), American professional wrestler
* Jimmy Young, several people
*Jimmy Zoppi, stage name of American voice actor James Carter Cathcart

Fictional characters

* Jimmy, a main character in the 2019–2020 Sarah Andersen comic series ''Fangs''
* 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 Pegorino, supportive character in the videogame GTA IV
* 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 Taylor (''Jericho''), character on TV series
* 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''
* 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''
* Jimmy, player character in ''Mouthwashing (video game)''

See also

* Jimmy (disambiguation)

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