Thomas (name)

Thomas
	Saint Thomas the Apostle
Pronunciation	English: /ˈtɒməs/ TOM-əs; French: [tɔmɑ] ⓘ; German: [ˈtoːmas] ⓘ; Dutch: [ˈtoːmɑs] ⓘ
Gender	Male
Name day	July 3
Origin
Language(s)	Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek
Meaning	"Twin"
Other names
Related names	Tom; Toma; Tommaso; Thompson; Tomé; Tŏmas; Tomas; Tomass; Tomás; Tomáš; Tomasz; Tomaž; Tomaz; Tomi; Tomislav; Tommy; Tamás; Thom; Thomáz; Touma; Tomaş;

Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas, of the approximate Greek transliteration (Ancient Greek: Θωμᾶς, romanized: Thōmâs), from Imperial Aramaic: תאמא, romanized: Tawmɑʔ), 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 תאם (Tôm) occurs throughout Semitic languages, always meaning 'twin'.^[1]

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.

Canada

It was Canada's eighth most popular name for boys in 2022.^[2]

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.^[3]

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.^[4] In 2017 it ranked 48th in popularity with 7,131 babies given the name.^[5]

In other languages

Afrikaans: Thomas
Albanian: Tom, Thoma, Thomas
Alemmanic: Thömu, Thömus, Thömi
Amharic: ቶማስ (Tomas)
Arabic: توماس (Tūmās)
Aragonese: Tomás
Armenian: Թովմաս (Tʿovmas), Թովմա (Tʿovma), Թումաս (Tʿumas), Թումա (Tʿuma)
Basque: Tomas
Bavarian: Douma, Dammal, Dammerl
Belarusian: Томас (Tomas), Tamas
Breton: Tomaz
Bulgarian: Тома́ (Tomá)
Catalan: Tomàs
Chinese: 汤姆 (Tāngmǔ), 托马斯 (Tuōmǎsī)
Cornish: Tommas
Croatian Tomislav, Toma
Czech: Tomáš
Danish: Thomas
Dutch: Thomas, Tom
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, Tomi
Georgian: თომა (Toma), თომას (Tomas)
Greek: Θωμάς (Thomás)
Hawaiian: Koma, Kamaki
Hebrew: תאום (Ta'om), תאומא (Tomas)
Hungarian: Tamás
Icelandic: Tómas
Indonesian: Tomas, Thomas, Tommy
Irish: Tomás, Tomáisín
Italian: Tommaso, Tomaso, Tom(m)asino
Japanese: トーマス (Tōmasu), トム (Tomu)
Korean: 도마 (Doma), 톰 (Tom)
Latin: Thōmās
Latvian: Tomass, Tomas, Toms
Lithuanian: Tomas, Tamošius
Lombard: Tomàs
Macedonian: Тома (Toma)
Maltese: Tumas
Malayalam: Thoma
Manx: Thomaase
Maori: Tāmati
Meitei (officially called Manipuri): ꯊꯣꯃꯁ (Thōmas), ꯊꯣꯃꯥꯁ (Thōmās)
Norwegian: Thomas, Tomas
Occitan: Tomàs
Persian: توما (Tumâ), توماس‎ (Tumâs)
Polish: Tomasz
Portuguese: Tomé, Tomás
Romanian: Toma
Romansh: Tumasch
Russian: Томас (Tomas), Фома (Foma)
Sardinian: Tommasu
Scottish Gaelic: Tòmas
Serbian Toma, Tomi
Serbo-Croatian: Тома/Toma, Томаш/Tomaš
Sicilian: Tumasi
Slovak: Tomáš, Thomas
Slovene: Tomaž
Spanish: Tomás
Swedish: Thomas, Tomas
Tamil: தாமஸ் (Tāmas), தோமா (Tōmā)
Telugu: థామస్ (Thāmas)
Tigrinya: ቶማስ (Tomas)
Syriac: ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma)
Turkish: Tomas
Ukrainian: Томас (Tomas), Тома (Toma)
Vietnamese: Tâm (Tom)
Walloon: Toumas
Welsh: Tomos, Twm

References

^ "The amazing name Thomas: meaning and etymology". Abarim Publications. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
^ "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.
^ Elliott, Annabel Fenwick (18 May 2018). "The most popular baby names in countries around the world – and what they mean". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^ "Top Names Over the Last 100 Years". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
^ "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[1] "The amazing name Thomas: meaning and etymology". Abarim Publications. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[2] "Table 17-10-0147-01 First names at birth by sex at birth, selected indicators (Number)". Statistics Canada. Retrieved 2024-08-25.

[3] Elliott, Annabel Fenwick (18 May 2018). "The most popular baby names in countries around the world – and what they mean". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[4] "Top Names Over the Last 100 Years". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[5] "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Archived from the original on 2 February 2018. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

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