Thomas (name)

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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.^[1] The name "Thomas" was not very popular until the 12th century, after the martyrdom of Thomas Becket. Tom is an abbreviation of Thomas and Tommy a common variant and tomo. The female versions of this name are Thomasina and Tamsin. See also: Thomas (surname)

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: 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
• Greek, polytonic: Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs) = monotonic Θωμάς (Thomás) (Saint Thomas also: Δίδυμος (Didymos, "twin"))
• Hebrew: Teomo
• Hungarian: Tamás
• Icelandic: Tómas
• Irish: Tomás, Tommy
• Italian: Tommaso
• 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
• Norwegian : Thomas, Tomas, Tom
• Polish: Tomasz, Tomek
• Portuguese: Tomás, Tomé
• Persian: Tomasp
• Romanian: Tomas
• Russian: Фома́ (written: Foma, pronounced: Famá)
• Samoan: Tomasi
• Scotland: Tam
• Serbian: Тома (Toma)
• Slovak: Tomáš
• Slovenian: Tomaž
• Spanish: Tomás
• Swedish: Tomas
• Thai: โทมัส (To-mus)
• Welsh: Tomos
• Malayalam:Thoma,Thomman,Thommi

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