Tammy (name)

**Tammy** (pronounced *TAM-ee*) is a female given name. This name is often the short form of the names **Thomasina**, **Tabitha** or **Tamara**. The latter is a form of the Russian given name **Tamar**. The related *Thomasina* or *Thomasine* are female forms of the name Thomas (a Greek name).

The name became very popular because of a movie series in the 1950s and 1960s called *Tammy Tyree*.

*Tammy* was very popular during the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s and first half of the 1980s.

## The people
*Tammy Abraham (born 1997), English footballer 
*Tammy Ader, American television writer, director and producer
*Tammy Alexander (1963–1979), American homicide victim found in the town of Caledonia, New York
*Tammy Armstrong (born 1974), Canadian poet and novelist
*Tammy Baldwin (born 1962), American politician serving as the junior United States senator from Wisconsin
*Tammy Barr, American actress, model and voice over artist
*Tammy Barton (born 1978), Australian entrepreneur and the founder of MyBudget
*Tammy Beauchamp (1878–1947), born Thomas Beacham, Australian rules footballer
*Tammy Beaumont (born 1991), English cricketer
*Tammy Beauvais, Indigenous fashion designer from Kahnawake Mohawk Territory, Quebec, Canada
*Tammy Blanchard (born 1976), American actress
*Tammy Clarkson, Australian television actress
*Tammy Cleland (born 1975), American athlete in synchronized swimming 
*Tammy Cole (born 1973), Australian female field hockey defender
*Tammy Duckworth (born 1968), American politician and former U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has served as the junior United States senator for Illinois
*Tammy Franks (born 1968), Australian politician, member of the South Australian Legislative Council
*Tammy Graham (born 1968), American country music artist
*Tammy Grimes (1934–2016), American actress and singer
*Tammy Homolka (1975–1990), the younger sister and victim of Canadian murderer Karla Homolka and her partner, Paul Bernardo
*Tammy Jackson (born 1962), American former college and professional basketball player 
*Tammy Jones, stage name of Debbie D'Amato, professional wrestler from the Gorgeous Ladies of Wrestling
*Tammy Lau Nga-wun (born 1992), Hong Kong rugby union player
*Tammy Leitner (born 1972), American investigative TV reporter and reality television contestant
*Tammy Lynn Sytch, (born 1972), American professional wrestling valet, known for her time in the WWF during the mid 1990s as "Sunny"
*Tammy MacIntosh (born 1970), Australian actress
*Tammy Faye Messner (1942–2007), American Christian singer, evangelist, author, talk show hostess, and television personality
*Tammy Ogston (born 1970), Australian football referee
*Tammy Pescatelli (born 1969), American stand-up comedian
*Tammy Sutton-Brown (born 1978), Canadian basketball player
*Tammy Wynette (1942–1998), American country music singer-songwriter

## Fictional characters
*Tammy, a character in the 1978 pornographic movie *Debbie Does Dallas*
*Tammy Banks, in the movie *Tammy*
*Tammy Swanson (differentiated as Tammy I, Tammy II, and Tammy Zero), three characters in the American television series *Parks and Recreation*
*Tammy Tarleton, in the television series *Tammy*
*Tambrey "Tammy" Tyree, in the *Tammy* movie series
*Tammy, in the animated series *Rick and Morty*
*Tammy Larsen, in the animated series ''Bob's Burgers*
*Tammy, in the animated series *The Ridonculous Race*
*Reverend Tammy in the comedy show *The Middle''