Thomas (name)

Thomas
	Saint Thomas the Apostle
Pronunciation	/ˈtɒməs/; French: [tɔma]; German: [ˈtoːmas]; Dutch: [ˈtoːmɑs]
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, Tomasz, Tommy, Tamás, Thom, Thomáz, Touma
See also	Andrew; Charles; Herman

The name Thomas is derived from the Aramaic personal name תאומא /tɑʔwmɑʔ/, meaning 'twin,' and the English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration of the approximate Greek transliteration,Θωμάς. 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 (tʔm) occurs throughout Semitic languages, always meaning 'twin'.^[1]

Popularity[]

Various historical figures such as Thomas Aquinas, Thomas Cummings, 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: Thomas, Tom, Thoma
Breton : Tomaz
Czech: Tomáš
Dutch: Thomas, Thom
English: Thomas, Tom
Estonian: Toomas
Finnish: Tuomas
Flemish: Thom, Thomas
French: Thomas
German: Thomas, Tomas, Tom
Hebrew: תאום (Ta’om), תאומא (Tomas)
Hungarian: Tamás
Icelandic: Tómas
Irish: Tomás, Tomáisín
Italian: Tommaso, Tomaso, Tomasino
Japanese: トーマス (Tōmasu), トム (Tomu)
Korean: 도마 (Doma), 톰 (Tom)
Latvian: Tomass, Tomas, Toms
Lithuanian: Tomas
Norwegian: Thomas, Tomas
Polish: Tomasz
Portuguese: Tomé, Tomás
Russian: Фома
Serbian: Toma, Tomas
Slovak: Tomáš, Thomas, Thomasko, Thomi, Thomino, Thominko
Slovene: Tomaž
Spanish: Tomás
Swedish: Thomas, Tomas
Tigrinya: ቶማስ (Tomas)
Turkish: Tomas
Welsh: Tomos, Twm
Chinese: 汤姆 (Tāngmǔ), 托马斯 (Tuōmǎsī)
Croatian: Tomislav

Notable people with the name Thomas[]

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.

[1] "The amazing name Thomas: meaning and etymology". Abarim Publications. Retrieved 7 December 2018.

[2] Elliott, Annabel Fenwick. "The most popular baby names in countries around the world – and what they mean". The Telegraph. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[3] "Top Names Over the Last 100 Years". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

[4] "Popular Baby Names". www.ssa.gov. Retrieved 6 December 2018.

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