Thomas (name) explained

Thomas
Pronunciation:	in French tɔmɑ/ pronounced as /de/ in Dutch; Flemish ˈtoːmɑs/
Gender:	Male
Meaning:	"twin", "alike-looking man"
Name Day:	July 3
Language origin:	Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek
See Also:	Andrew Charles Herman

Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration through Latin "Thomas", of the approximate Greek transliteration (Greek, Modern (1453-);: [[:wikt:Θωμᾶς|Θωμᾶς]]|Thōmâs), 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'.^[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.

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.^[2]

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.^[3] In 2017 it ranked 48th in popularity with 7,131 babies given the name.^[4]

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

Фама́ (Famá)

• Breton

Tomaz

• Bulgarian

Тома́ (Tomá)

• Catalan

Tomàs

• Chinese

,

• Cornish

Tommas

• 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

• Georgian

თომა (Toma), თომას (Tomas)

• Greek

Θωμάς (Thomás)

• Hawaiian

Koma, Kamaki

• Hebrew

(Ta'om), (Tomas)

• Hungarian

Tamás

• Icelandic

Tómas

• Indonesian

Tomas, Thomas, Tommy

• 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): Manipuri: ꯊꯣꯃꯁ (Thōmas), Manipuri: ꯊꯣꯃꯥꯁ (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

Notes and References

1. Web site: The amazing name Thomas: meaning and etymology . Abarim Publications . 7 December 2018 . en.
2. News: Elliott . Annabel Fenwick . The most popular baby names in countries around the world – and what they mean . The Telegraph . 18 May 2018 . 6 December 2018.
3. Web site: Top Names Over the Last 100 Years . www.ssa.gov . 6 December 2018.
4. Web site: Popular Baby Names . www.ssa.gov . 6 December 2018 . 2 February 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20180202070118/https://www.ssa.gov/cgi-bin/babyname.cgi . dead .