What does the name Jimmy mean?

Jimmy means "Popular Kerala Christian pet name, supplanter". It is a boy's name of Malayalam origin.

Jimmy

Jimmy means Popular Kerala Christian pet name, supplanter.

Gender	boy
Origin	Malayalam
Language	Malayalam
Starts with	J

Names with a similar meaning

Names that share a word with “Popular Kerala Christian pet name, supplanter”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.

Jincy — God is gracious, popular Kerala Christian name
Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
Tony — Praiseworthy, popular Kerala Christian name
Bobby — Bright fame, popular Kerala Christian name
Lenin — Of the Lena river; popular modern Kerala political name
Mariam — Beloved, bitter sea, Kerala Christian

More boys' names of Malayalam origin

Ayyappan — Lord Ayyappa, divine son of Shiva and Vishnu
Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
Thomas — Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name
Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
Sreejith — Victorious

Where this comes from

Jimmy has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.