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Meaning & History

The Greek form of the Aramaic name תְּאוֹמָא (Teʾoma) signifying "twin". In the New Testament, this is the name of an apostle. When he heard that Jesus had risen from the dead, he initially doubted the account, until Jesus appeared before him and he examined the wounds himself. According to tradition, he was martyred in India. Due to his renown, the name entered general use throughout the Christian world.

In England the name was introduced by the Normans and became very popular owing to Saint Thomas Becket, a 12th-century archbishop of Canterbury and martyr. It was reliably among the top five most common English names for boys from the 13th to the 19th century, and it has remained consistently popular to this day.

Another notable saint by this name was the 13th-century Italian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, regarded as a Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), American president Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), and inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931).

Related Names

Variants (Norwegian): Tomas
Diminutives (English): Thom
(Danish): Tom 1
(English): Tommie, Tommy
(Dutch): Maas
Feminine Forms (English): Thomasina
(English (British)): Tamsin, Tamsyn
(Norwegian): Tomine
Other Languages & Cultures (Albanian): Thoma
(Ancient Aramaic): Te'oma
(Serbian): Toma 2
(Catalan): Tomàs
(Serbian): Tomica
(Croatian): Tomo
(Slovak): Tomáš
(Estonian): Toomas
(Finnish): Tuomas, Tuomo
(Welsh): Tomi
(Finnish): Tommi
(Portuguese): Tomé
(Hungarian): Tamás
(Icelandic): Tómas
(Spanish): Tomás
(Italian): Tommaso, Tomaso
(Latvian): Tomass, Toms
(Lithuanian): Tomas
(Maori): Tamati
(Polish): Tomasz, Tomek
(Russian): Foma
(Scottish): Tavish, Tam 1
(Scottish Gaelic): Tàmhas, Tòmas
(Slovene): Tomaž
(Ukrainian): Khoma
(Welsh): Tomos, Twm
Surname Descendants (Norwegian): Thomassen
(German): Thomas

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