Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas, of the approximate Greek transliteration (), from ), 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', for instance in Hebrew תְאוֹם ("teom") or in Arabic توأم ("tawam").
Popularity 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.
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 Canada the name Thomas was the eighth most popular name for boys in 2022.
In various languages
Afrikaans: Thomas Albanian: Tomë Alemannic: 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: (), () Cornish: Tommas Croatian Tomislav, Toma Czech: Tomáš Danish: Thomas Dutch: Thomas, Tom English: Thomas, Tom, Tommy Estonian: Toomas Faroese: Tummas Finnish: Tuomas, Tommi, Tomi 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: (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: Thoma Manchu: （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: (Tomas), (Foma) Sardinian: Tommasu Scottish Gaelic: Tòmas, Tàmhas Serbian Toma, Tomi 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: ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma) Turkish: Tomas Ukrainian: Томас (Tomas), Тома (Toma) Vietnamese: Tâm (Tom) Walloon: Toumas Welsh: Tomos, Twm
See also Template:Thomas-surname—Lists surnames derived from the given name Thomas and its variants List of people with given name Thomas Thomas (disambiguation) Thomasina or Thomasine—the feminine form of Thomas Tom (disambiguation) Toma (name) Tomi—A Finnish masculine name, also used as a feminine name elsewhere Tommy/Tommie—Both are a nickname or shortened form of Thomas, and are sometimes used as a feminine form of Thomas Yama, a Hindu deity whose name in Sanskrit also means 'twin'
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