Thomas name - Meaning of Thomas
- Gender
- Masculine
- Lucky Number
- 22
- Usage
- English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek, Aramaic
- Pronounced
- TAHM-əs (English) , TOM-əs (English) , to-MAH (French) , TO-mahs (German, Dutch) , tho-MAHS (Greek)
- Thomas Meaning
- Greek form of the Aramaic name (Ta'oma') which meant "twin". In the New Testament this is the name of the apostle who initially doubts the resurrected Jesus. According to tradition he was martyred in India. Due to his renown, the name came into general use in the Christian world. In England the name was introduced by the Normans and became very popular due to Saint Thomas Becket, a 12th-century archbishop of Canterbury and martyr. Another notable saint by this name was the 13th-century Italian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, who is regarded as a Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), American president Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), and inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931). Thomas originates in Aramaic and means "twin". As a masculine given name it has been used over centuries and in different spellings all over the world. This was the name of one of the authors of Gospels, as well as one of the apostles. The usage of Thomas has declined in the United States lately. It functions as a surname as well.
Thomas Related Names
Variants: Tomas (Swedish), Tomas (Norwegian)
Diminutives: Thom, Tom, Tommie, Tommy (English), Maas, Tom (Dutch)
Feminine Forms: Tamsin, Tamsyn (English (British) ), Thomasina, Tamsen, Tamzen (English)
Other Languages: Te'oma (Ancient Aramaic), Toma (Bulgarian), Toma, Tomica, Tomo (Croatian), Tomáš (Czech), Toomas (Estonian), Tuomas, Tuomo, Tomi, Tommi (Finnish), Toma (Georgian), Tamás, Tomi (Hungarian), Tomás (Irish), Tommaso (Italian), Toms (Latvian), Tomas (Lithuanian), Toma (Macedonian), Tamati (Maori), Tomasz, Tomek (Polish), Tomás, Tomé (Portuguese), Toma (Romanian), Foma (Russian), Tàmhas, Tavish, Tòmas, Tam (Scottish), Toma (Serbian), Tomáš (Slovak), Tomaž (Slovene), Tomás (Spanish), Tomos, Tomi, Twm (Welsh)
Thomas Celebrities
Thomas Alva Edison - inventor, Thomas Jefferson - former US President, Thomas Ivan - hockey player, Thomas Mann - author, Thomas Smith - hockey player, Thomas Berger - author, Thomas Brown - football player,
