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Male given name
Thomas is a male name of
Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration through
Latin "Thomas", of the approximate
Greek transliteration (
Greek :
Θωμᾶς ,
romanized : 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 תאם (Tôm) occurs throughout
Semitic languages , always meaning 'twin'.
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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.
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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.
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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 : 汤姆 (Tāngmǔ ), 托马斯 (Tuōmǎsī )
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 : תאום (Ta'om), תאומא (Tomas)
Hungarian :
Tamás
Icelandic : Tómas
Indonesian : Tomas, Thomas
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 : Toma
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 : Фома (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 : தாமஸ் (Tāmas), தோமா (Tōmā)
Telugu : థామస్ (Thāmas)
Tigrinya : ቶማስ (Tomas)
Syriac Aramaic : ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma)
Turkish : Tomas
Ukrainian : Хома (Homa), Тома (Toma)
Vietnamese : Tâm (Tom)
Walloon : Toumas
Welsh : Tomos, Twm
See also
References