Thomas

Thomas was not a Biblical given name, but originated from the Aramaic designation תום or Tôm. The meaning of the name is "twin", and in the New Testament the designation was applied to Thomas the Apostle. The name "Thomas" was not very popular until the 12th century, after the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.

The female versions of this name are Thomasina and Tamsin.

A list of notable people who had the surname or whole given name of "Thomas" can be found here:

List of people named Thomas.

Places:

There are also places called Thomaston and Thomasville.

In music:

"Thomas," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album Mer de Noms
"Doubting Thomas," sung by Nickel Creek from their 2005 album Why Should the Fire Die?

Variants

Arabic: Touma
Belarusian: Тамаш (Tamash)
Breton: Tomaz
Bulgarian: Тома (Toma)
Catalan: Tomàs
Chinese: 多馬 (Duoma, Biblical), 湯瑪斯 (Tangmasi, general translation), 湯瑪士 (Tangmashi)
Croatian: Tomas, Toma, Tomislav, Tomo, Tome
Czech: Tomáš
Danish: Thomas
Dutch: Thomas, Tom, Tomas
English: Thomas, Tom, Thom, Tommy
Estonian: Toomas
Finnish: Tuomas
French: Thomas
German: Thomas
Greek, Ancient: Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs) = Modern Θωμάς (Thomás) (Saint Thomas also: Δίδυμος (Didymos, "twin"))
Hebrew: Teomo
Hungarian: Tamás
Icelandic: Tómas
Irish: Tomás
Italian: Tommaso
Japanese: トマス (Tomasu)
Korean: 도마 (Doma; Toma; biblical), 토머스 (Tomeoseu; T'omŏsŭ)
Latin: Thomas (Saint Thomas also: Didymus)
Lithuanian: Tomas
Malayalam: തോമാ (Thoma), തോമാസ് (Thomas), തൊമ്മന് (Thommen), ഉമ്മന് (Oommen), തൊമ്മി (Thommy), ടോമി (Tommy), ടോം (Tom)
Maori: Tamihana
Norwegian : Thomas, Tomas, Tom
Polish: Tomasz, Tomek
Portuguese: Tomás, Tomé
Romanian: Tomas
Russian: Фома́ (written: Foma, pronounced: Famá)
Samoan: Tomasi
Serbian: Тома (Toma)
Slovak: Tomáš
Slovenian: Tomaž
Spanish: Tomás
Swaheelí: T-Dínerõ
Swedish: Tomas
Thai: โทมัส (To-mus)
Welsh: Tomos

Variants

See also