Thomas (name)

Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling "Thomas" is a transliteration through Latin "Thomas", of the approximate Greek transliteration (Θωμᾶς), 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'.

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.

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. In 2017 it ranked 48th in popularity with 7,131 babies given the name.

In other languages

 * Afrikaans: Thomas
 * Albanian: Tom, Thoma, Thomas
 * Alemmanic: Thömu, Thömus, Thömi
 * Amharic: ቶማስ (Tomas)
 * Arabic: توماس (Tūmās)
 * Aragonese: Tomás
 * Armenian: Թովմաս (Tʿovmas), Թովմա (Tʿovma), Թումաս (Tʿumas), Թումա (Tʿuma)
 * Basque: Tomas
 * Bavarian: Douma, Dammal, Dammerl
 * Belarusian: Фама́ (Famá)
 * Breton: Tomaz
 * Bulgarian: Тома́ (Tomá)
 * Catalan: Tomàs
 * Chinese: 汤姆, 托马斯
 * Cornish: Tommas
 * Czech: Tomáš
 * Danish: Thomas
 * Dutch: Thomas, Tom
 * English: Thomas, Tom, Tommy
 * 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
 * Indonesian: Tomas, Thomas, Tommy
 * 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, Tamošius
 * 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
 * Tamil: தாமஸ் (Tāmas), தோமா (Tōmā)
 * Telugu: థామస్ (Thāmas)
 * Tigrinya: ቶማስ (Tomas)
 * Syriac Aramaic: ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma)
 * Turkish: Tomas
 * Ukrainian: Хома (Homa), Тома (Toma)
 * Vietnamese: Tâm (Tom)
 * Walloon: Toumas
 * Welsh: Tomos, Twm