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Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas , of the approximate Greek transliteration ( Ancient Greek : Θωμᾶς , romanized : Thōmâs ), from Imperial Aramaic: תאמא , romanized: Tawmɑʔ ), meaning ' twin '.
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.
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Thomas is the ninth most common surname in the United Kingdom. [1] It is found as a personal name among Christians in India, it is also used as a family name among the Saint Thomas Christian families from Kerala, South India. [2] In the 1990 United States Census, Thomas was the twelfth most common surname, accounting for 0.3% of the population. [3]
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The phrase "Tom, Dick, and Harry" is a placeholder for unspecified people.[1] [2] The phrase most commonly occurs as "every Tom, Dick, and Harry", meaning everyone, and "any Tom, Dick, or Harry", meaning anyone, although Brewer's Dictionary of Phrase and Fable defines the term to specify "a set of nobodies; persons of no note".
Thomas' father Peter, who was self-taught and regretted not having a formal education, entered Thomas into an English school at age five. In 1752, at age nine, he attended a local school run by a Scottish Presbyterian minister and also began studying the natural world, which he grew to love.
It is a version of the Greek name Τιμόθεος meaning 'one who honours God', from τιμή 'honour' and θεός 'god'. [1] [2] [3] Timothy (and its variations) is a common name in several countries. In the United States, the name was most popular in the 1960s, ranking 13th among all boys' names.