Thomas (name)
Pronunciation | /ˈtɒməs/ French: [tɔmɑ] German: [ˈtoːmas] Dutch: [ˈtoːmɑs] |
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Gender | Male |
Name day | July 3 |
Origin | |
Word/name | Aramaic |
Meaning | "twin", "alike-looking man" |
Other names | |
Related names | Tom, Tommaso, Tomé, Tŏmas, Tomas, Tomass, Tomás, Tomáš, Tomasz, Tomaž, Tomaz, Tommy, Tamás, Thom, Thomáz, Touma |
See also | Andrew Charles Herman |
Thomas is a male given 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'.[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)
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Telugu: థామస్ (Thāmas)
- Tigrinya: ቶማስ (Tomas)
- Turkish: Tomas
- Syriac Aramaic: ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma)
- Ukrainian: Хома (Homa), Тома (Toma)
- Vietnamese: Tâm (Tom)
- Walloon: Toumas
- Welsh: Tomos, Twm
Fictional characters
- Thomas Barrow, the underbutler on the series Downton Abbey
- Thomas Burke, a character from the film Final Destination 2
- Thomas Burke, a character from the video game Mafia III
- Tom Cat also known as Thomas, the titular blue cat from the Tom and Jerry series
- Thomas DuBois, a character from the comic strip and television series The Boondocks
- Thomas Gordon, a character from the television drama Ghost Whisperer
- Thomas Jefferson "T.J." Hooker, the main protagonist from the police drama T. J. Hooker
- Thomas Shelby, the main protagonist from the crime drama Peaky Blinders
- Thomas Paris, a character from the science fiction series Star Trek: Voyager
- Tommy Pickles also known as Thomas, the main character from the animated television series The Rugrats, and its spin-off series, All Grown Up
- Thomas Tomone, a fictional character from the television series Skins
- Thomas the Tank Engine, the titular protagonist of the Thomas & Friends franchise
- Thomas, an intern at the park who is a goat in the fourth season of Regular Show
- Thomas, the main character from the novel and film The Maze Runner
See also
- List of people with given name Thomas
- Thomas (disambiguation)
- 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
References
- ^ "The amazing name Thomas: meaning and etymology". Abarim Publications. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
- ^ Elliott, Annabel Fenwick. "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. Retrieved 6 December 2018.
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