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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 '.
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]
List of people with given name Thomas; Thomas (name) Thomas (surname) Saint Thomas (disambiguation) Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church; Thomas the Apostle; Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. 640s–650s), medieval Bishop of the East Angles; Thomas (Archdeacon of Barnstaple) (fl. 1203 ...
Thomson is a patronymic surname meaning "son of Thom, Thomp, Thompkin, or other diminutive of Thomas", itself derived from the Aramaic תום or Tôm, meaning "twin". The surname is documented in Cheshire records before and after the 1066 Norman Conquest. Variations include Thomason, Thomasson, Thomerson, Thomoson, and others.
Thomasina, Thomasine, or Thomasena is the feminine form of the given name Thomas, which means "twin". Thomasina is often shortened to Tamsin. Tamsin can be used as a name in itself; variants of Tamsin include Tamsyn, Tamzin, Tamsen, Tammi, Tamzie and Tamasin. The version "Tamsin" is especially popular in Cornwall and Wales.
Tomás is a Spanish, Portuguese, and Irish (also in the archaic forms Thomaz, Thomás and Tomaz) given name equivalent of Thomas. It may refer to: Tomás de Anchorena (1783–1847), Argentine statesman and lawyer; Tomás de Bhaldraithe (1916–1996), Irish language scholar and lexicographer; Tomás de Herrera (1804–1859), Neogranadine ...
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.
Thom Andersen (born 1943), American filmmaker, film critic and teacher; Thom Adcox-Hernandez (born 1960), American actor; Thom Barry, American actor; Thomas Thom Bell (born 1943), Jamaican-born American songwriter, arranger and producer, one of the creators of the Philadelphia style of soul music