Tom (given name)

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Tom is mostly used as a diminutive of Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name. In modern Hebrew, the name Tom (Hebrew: תם, תום) is used as a unisex name, with the meaning of "innocence, naivety, simplicity" or "the end.”

The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name.

Notable people who use the diminutive[]

• Tom (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
• Tom (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
• Tom (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
• Tom (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
• Tom Adams (actor), English actor
• Tom Delonge, English Musician
• Tom Anderson (disambiguation)
• Rimi Tomy
• Tomy Winata
• Abhilash Tomy
• Thommy Berggren
• Tomy Dunster
• Thommy Price
• Erik Thommy
• Thomy Lafon
• Tom Araya American musician, bass guitarist and vocalist with the band Slayer
• Tom Baker (disambiguation)
• Tom Bell, multiple people
• Tom Bergeron, American television personality and game show host
• Tom Bosley, American actor
• Tom Brady, American football player best known for playing with the New England Patriots
• Tom Brokaw, American anchor for NBC
• Tom Cassell, British Youtuber
• Tom Chaplin, British singer of band Keane
• Tom Clancy, American author
• Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer/songwriter
• Tom Cotter (disambiguation)
• Tom Cotton, American politician
• Tom Cruise (disambiguation)
• Tom Cutler, Australian rules footballer
• Tom Daly (disambiguation)
• Tom DeLay, American politician
• Tom DeLonge, American musician
• Tom Dowd, American sound engineer and producer for Atlantic Records
• Tom Dwan, American poker player
• Tom Ellis (actor), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
• Tom Evans (musician) (1947–1983), English musician and songwriter, member of the band Badfinger
• Tom Felton, English actor and singer
• Tom Fletcher (disambiguation)
• Tom Foster, British Father and master vaccinator
• Tom Fowler American musician and bass guitarist with Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention and others
• Tom Gamboa, American baseball coach and manager
• Tom Gilson, American actor
• Tom Gilson (American football), American football
• Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor
• Tom Green (disambiguation)
• Tom Hagen, Norwegian businessman
• Tom Hanks, American film actor
• Tom Hamilton American musician and bass guitarist with the band Aerosmith
• Tom Hardy (disambiguation)
• Tom Hiddleston, English actor
• Tom Holland (disambiguation)
• Tom Hopper, English actor
• Tom Humble, Australian Rugby League player
• Tom Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter
• Tom Jordan, Irish actor
• Tom Jones (disambiguation)
• Tom Kane, American voice actor
• Tom Kennedy (disambiguation), multiple people
• Tom Kenny (disambiguation)
• Tom Kingston, Australian rugby union player
• Tom Kingston (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
• Tom Konyves, Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
• Tom Leppard, English surfer
• Tom Maayan (born 1993), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
• Tom Maden, American actor
• Tom Magee (born 1958), Canadian powerlifter, worlds strongest man competitor and pro wrestler
• Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
• Tom McLaury, Wild West gunfighter
• Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster
• Tom Mix, American cowboy actor
• Tom Moore, known as Captain Tom, a British Army officer
• Tomm Moore, Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
• Tom Morello, American guitarist from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
• Oswald 'Tom' Mosley, English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
• Tom O'Carroll, British paedophilia advocate
• Tom Odell, British singer
• Tom Okker (born 1944), Dutch tennis player; world # 3
• Tom Parker (disambiguation)
• Tom Pratt (American football), American football coach
• Tom Peck, American Racing driver
• Tom Petersson, American musician and bass guitarist with the band Cheap Trick
• Tom Petty, American musician and singer-songwriter
• Tom Poston, American actor
• Tom Rehder, American football player
• Tom Riddle, fictional Harry Potter series villain
• Tom Rockliff, Australian rules footballer
• Tom Scott (presenter), British YouTuber
• Tom Selleck, American actor and film producer
• Tom Simpson (disambiguation)
• Tom Smothers, American comedian, composer, and musician
• Tom Stolhandske, American football player
• Tom Symonds, Australian Rugby League player
• Tom Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer
• Tom Thumb, character of English folklore
• Tom Tsuchiya, American sculptor
• Tom Verlaine, American guitarist for the punk band Television
• Tom Vu, Vietnamese-American poker player, real estate investor and speaker
• Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
• Tom Welling, American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville
• Tom Wolf, American politician
• Tom Yaacobov (born 1992), Israeli triple jumper
• Tom Zé, Brazilian singer‐songwriter

Notable people with given name[]

• Tom Kaulitz, guitarist of band Tokio Hotel
• Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Dutch politician
• Tom Palumbo, Italian born, American photographer
• Tom Segev, Israeli historian, author, and journalist
• Tom Tykwer, German film director
• Tom Veen, Dutch politician

See also[]

• All pages with titles beginning with Tom
• All pages with titles containing Tom
• Tom (disambiguation)
• Tó, nicknames
• Ton (given name)
• Tommy (disambiguation)
• Thomas (name)
• Tomas (disambiguation)

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