Thomas (name)

Thomas (name)

Infobox Given Name Revised
name = Thomas


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gender = Male
meaning = "twin"
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origin = Aramaic
related names = Tom, Tŏmas, Tommy, Tomo, Tomislav
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Thomas is a common given name for males. It 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.Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, "Oxford Dictionary of First Names", Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.260.]

Tom or Thom are abbreviations of Thomas and Tommy a common variant. A relatively uncommon variant is spelled as "Tommie". In signatures, it is sometimes abbreviated "Thos." The female versions of this name are Thomasina and Tamsin and Tasmina or Tasmino.

"See also: Thomas (surname)

Variants

* Arabic: Touma
* Armenian: Tovmas
* Australian: Tommo
* 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: Tomislav, Tomo, Tome
* Czech: Tomáš
* Danish: Thomas
* Dutch: Thomas, Tom, Tomas, Thom
* English: Thomas, Tom, Thom, Tommy
* Estonian: Toomas
* Faroese: Tummas
* Finnish: Tuomas
* Filipino: Tomas
* French: Thomas
* German: Thomas, Tom
* Greek, polytonic: Polytonic|Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs) = monotonic Θωμάς (Thomás) (Saint Thomas also: Polytonic|Δίδυμος (Didymos, "twin"))
* Hebrew: Teomo
* Hungarian: Tamás
* Icelandic: Tómas
* Irish: Tomás, Tommy
* Italian: Tommaso "(also sometimes" Tomaso")"
* Japanese: トーマス (Tomasu)
* Korean: 도마 (Doma; Toma; biblical), 토머스 (Tomeoseu; T'omŏsŭ)
* Latin: Thomas (Saint Thomas also: Didymus)
* Lithuanian: Tomas
* Macedonian: Томислав, Τоми, Томо, Томас, Τоме
* Malayalam: തോമാ (Thoma), തോമാസ് (Thomas), തൊമ്മന് (Thommen), ഉമ്മന് (Oommen), തൊമ്മി (Thommy), ടോമി (Tommy), ടോം (Tom)
* Maori: Tamihana
* Marsian: Ogg
* Norwegian : Thomas, Tomas, Tom
* Polish: Tomasz, Tomek
* Portuguese: Tomás, Tomé
* Persian: Tomasp
* Romanian: Tomas
* Russian: Фома́ (written: Foma, pronounced: Famá)
* Samoan: Tomasi
* Scottish Gaelic: Tomás
* Scots: Tam
* Serbian: Тома (Toma)
* Slovak: Tomáš
* Slovenian: Tomaž
* Spanish: Tomás
* Swedish: Tomas, Thomas
* Thai: โทมัส (To-mus)
* Welsh: Tomos

References


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