Thomas (name)

Thomas (name)
Thomas is a male given name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration through Latin "Thomas", of the approximate Greek transliteration, from Aramaic {תאמא | (tɑʔwmɑʔ)}, from Classic Syriac {ܬܐܡܐ, | (toma)}, meaning 'twin'. Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle (one of the twelve apostles of Jesus).
Etymology
The masculine noun (Tôm) occurs throughout Semitic languages, always meaning 'twin'.
Popularity
Various historical figures such as Thomas Aquinas and Thomas Jefferson have borne the name. This list of people with given name Thomas contains others.
Europe
Thomas was a popular name throughout medieval Europe. In Britain the name was rare prior to the Norman Conquest (11th century CE), but by the 13th and 14th centuries it had become common. In 2017 it ranked 13th in popularity in the United Kingdom with 3,246 babies given the name.
United States
The Social Security Administration lists the name Thomas as the ninth most popular name in the United States over the past 100 years. In 2017 it ranked 48th in popularity with 7,131 babies given the name.
In other languages
Afrikaans: Thomas
Albanian: Tom, Thoma, Thomas
Alemmanic: Thömu, Thömus, Thömi
Amharic: ቶማስ (Tomas)
Arabic: توماس (Tūmās)
Aragonese: Tomás
Armenian: Թովմաս (Tʿovmas)
Basque: Tomas
Bavarian: Douma, Dammal, Dammerl
Belarusian: Фама (Famá)
Breton: Tomaz
Bulgarian: Тома (Tomá)
Catalan: Tomàs
Chinese: ,
Cornish: Tommas
Czech: Tomáš
Danish: Thomas
Dutch: Thomas, Thom
English: Thomas, Tom, Tommy
Estonian: Toomas
Faroese: Tummas
Finnish: Tuomas, Tommi, Toimi
Flemish: Thom, Thomas
French: Thomas
Frisian: Tomas
Friulian: Tomâs
Galician: Tomé
German: Thomas, Tomas, Tom
Georgian: თომა (Toma), თომას (Tomas)
Greek: Θωμάς (Thomás)
Hawaiian: Koma, Kamaki
Hebrew: (Ta'om), (Tomas)
Hungarian: Tamás
Icelandic: Tómas
Irish: Tomás, Tomáisín
Italian: Tommaso, Tomaso, Tom(m)asino
Japanese: (Tōmasu), (Tomu)
Korean: (Doma), (Tom)
Latin: Thōmās
Latvian: Tomass, Tomas, Toms
Lithuanian: Tomas, Tamošius
Lombard: Tomàs
Macedonian: Тома (Toma)
Maltese: Tumas
Malayalam: Toma
Manx: Thomaase
Maori: Tāmati
Meitei (officially called Manipuri): (Thōmas), (Thōmās)
Norwegian: Thomas, Tomas
Occitan: Tomàs
Persian: توما (Tumâ), توماس‎ (Tumâs)
Polish: Tomasz
Portuguese: Tomé, Tomás
Romanian: Toma
Romansh: Tumasch
Russian: (Foma)
Sardinian: Tommasu
Scottish Gaelic: Tòmas
Serbo-Croatian: Тома/Toma, Томаш/Tomaš
Sicilian: Tumasi
Slovak: Tomáš, Thomas
Slovene: Tomaž
Spanish: Tomás
Swedish: Thomas, Tomas
Tamil: (Tāmas), (Tōmā)
Telugu: (Thāmas)
Tigrinya: (Tomas)
Syriac Aramaic: ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma)
Turkish: Tomas
Ukrainian: Хома (Homa), Тома (Toma)
Vietnamese: Tâm (Tom)
Walloon: Toumas
Welsh: Tomos, Twm
See also
List of people with given name Thomas
Thomas (disambiguation)
Thompson (surname)
Tommy/Tommie – both are a nickname or shortened form of Thomas, and are sometimes used as a feminine form of Thomas
Tomi – a Finnish masculine name, also used as a feminine name elsewhere
Thomasina or Thomasine – the feminine form of Thomas
Yama, a Hindu deity whose name also means 'twin' in Sanskrit
References
Given names
Aramaic-language names
English-language masculine given names
English masculine given names
Irish masculine given names
Scottish masculine given names
French masculine given names
German masculine given names
Dutch masculine given names
Norwegian masculine given names
Swedish masculine given names
Danish masculine given names
Hebrew masculine given names
Masculine given names