Thomas name meaning, origin, famous people, and graphic designs

Name: Thomas

Pronunciation: /ˈtɒməs/ TOM-əs

Origin: Aramaic

Meaning: twin

Gender: masculine given name, boy’s name

Story of the given name Thomas 🔗

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 recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle (one of the twelve apostles of Jesus).

The masculine noun תאם (Tôm) occurs throughout Semitic languages, always meaning ’twin'.

Nicknames for Thomas 🔗

• Tom
• Tommy
• Tommie
• Tomi

Thomas in other languages 🔗

• Afrikaans: Thomas
• Albanian: Tom, Thoma, Thomas
• Alemmanic: Thömu, Thömus, Thömi
• Amharic: ቶማስ (Tomas)
• Arabic: توما (Tumâ), توماس (Tūmās)
• Aragonese: Tomás
• Armenian: Թովմաս (Tʿovmas), Թովմա (Tʿovma), Թումաս (Tʿumas), Թումա (Tʿuma)
• Basque: Tomas
• Bavarian: Douma, Dammal, Dammerl
• Belarusian: Томас (Tomas), Tamas
• Breton: Tomaz
• Bulgarian: Тома́ (Tomá)
• Catalan: Tomàs
• Chinese: 汤姆 (Tāngmǔ), 托马斯 (Tuōmǎsī)
• Cornish: Tommas
• Croatian Tomislav, Toma
• 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, Tomi
• 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: Thoma
• 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: Томас (Tomas), Фома (Foma)
• Sardinian: Tommasu
• Scottish Gaelic: Tòmas
• Serbian Toma, Tomi
• 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: ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma)
• Turkish: Tomas
• Ukrainian: Томас (Tomas), Тома (Toma)
• Vietnamese: Tâm (Tom)
• Walloon: Toumas
• Welsh: Tomos, Twm

Graphic designs for Thomas 🔗

Thomas name is written with clouds in the sky:

Well-known men called Thomas 🔗

• Saint Thomas the Apostle
• Thomas (bishop of the East Angles) (fl. ca. 647–648), Christian bishop of Dunwich
• Sir Thomas à Beckett (judge) (1836–1919), Australian solicitor and judge
• Thomas Boylston Adams (1772–1832), Massachusetts legislator and judge and brother of John Quincy Adams
• Thomas Boylston Adams (1910–1997), Massachusetts executive, writer, and political candidate
• Thomas Amarasuriya (1907–1979), Sri Lankan planter and politician
• Thomas Anders (born 1963) German singer, songwriter and record producer
• Thomas Andrew (photographer) (1855–1939), New Zealand photographer who lived in Samoa from 1891
• Thomas Andrews (1873–1912), British businessman and shipbuilder
• Thomas of Ashborne, English controversialist
• Thomas Austin (pastoralist) (1815–1871), English settler in Australia who introduced rabbits into Australia in 1859
• Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274), Italian philosopher and theologian
• Thomas Audley, 1st Baron Audley of Walden (c.1488 – 1544), English barrister and judge, Lord Chancellor
• Thomas Baker (artist) (1809–1864), English landscape painter and watercolourist
• Thomas Bangalter (born 1975), French DJ and member of Daft Punk
• Thomas Bardwell (1704–1767), English portrait and figure painter, art copyist, and writer
• Saint Thomas Becket, Archbishop of Canterbury from 1162 until his murder in 1170
• Thomas Bertrand-Hudon (born 1996), Canadian football player
• Thomas Binger, American lawyer
• Thomas Boylston (1644–1695), early-American doctor and patriarch of the influential Boylston family of Massachusetts
• Thomas Blake Glover, Scottish merchant in Japan in the Bakumatsu and Meiji eras
• Thomas Bourchier (cardinal) (c.1411 – 1486), English cardinal and Lord Chancellor
• Thomas Brodie-Sangster (born 1990), English actor
• Thomas Brugis, English surgeon
• Thomas Bunday (1948–1983), American serial killer
• Tom Calma (born 1953), Australian First Nations human rights and social justice campaigner
• Thomas de Cantilupe (c. 1218–1282), Lord Chancellor of England and Bishop of Hereford
• Thomas Cardozo (1838–1881), American educator, politician, and journalist
• Thomas Carlyle (1795–1881), Scottish essayist, historian, and philosopher
• Thomas Child (1841–1898), English photographer and engineer
• Thomas Haden Church (born 1960), American actor
• Thomas J. Clayton (1826–1900), American lawyer and judge
• Thomas Sean Connery (1930–2020), Scottish actor
• Thomas Cook (1808–1892), English businessman
• Thomas Joshua Cooper (born 1946), American photographer
• Thomas Cooray (1901–1988), first Sri Lankan cardinal, Archbishop of Colombo, 1947–1976
• Thomas Cornell (artist) (1937–2012), American artist
• Thomas Cromwell (1485–1540), English lawyer and statesman who served as chief minister to King Henry VIII
• Thomas Mewburn Crook (1869-1949), English sculptor
• Thomas Crotty (1912–1942), American Coast Guardsman held as POW during World War II
• Thomas “Tom” Cruise (born 1962), American actor and producer
• Thomas Dafydd, Welsh elegist and hymn writer
• Thomas D’Alesandro Jr. (1903–1987), American politician
• Thomas D’Alesandro III (1929–2019), American attorney and politician
• Thomas Dang (born 1995), Canadian politician
• Thomas Delaney (born 1991), Danish professional footballer
• Chris Thomas Devlin, American screenwriter
• Thomas Roderick Dew (1802–1846), American professor and president of The College of William & Mary, influential pro-slavery advocate
• Thomas E. Dewey (1902–1971), American lawyer and politician
• Thomas Dolby (born 1958), English musician, producer, composer, entrepreneur and teacher
• Thomas Dörflein (1963–2008), German zookeeper
• Thomas Doughty (artist) (1793–1856), American artist associated with the Hudson River School
• Thomas Dutronc (born 1973) French singer and jazz manouche guitarist
• Sir Thomas Dyke Acland, 12th Baronet (1842–1919), British politician
• Thomas Edison (1847–1931), American inventor and businessman
• Thomas Edwards (artist) (1795–1869), American artist in 19th-century Boston, Massachusetts, specializing in portraits
• Thomas Enqvist (born 1974), Swedish professional tennis player
• Thomas Andrew Felton (born 1987), British actor known for his role in the Harry Potter films as Draco Malfoy
• Thomas Fidone (born 2002), American football player
• Thomas Leigh Gatch (1891–1954), American naval officer and attorney
• Thomas Milton Gatch (1833–1913), American educator and politician
• Thomas S. Gathright (1829–1880), American educator and masonic leader
• Thomas Gibson (artist) (c.1680–1751), English portrait painter and copyist
• Thomas Gooch (artist) (1750–1802), English artist who specialised in painting animals
• Thomas Gottschalk (born 1950), German TV host and actor
• Thomas Gottstein (born 1964), Swiss banker, CEO of Credit Suisse
• Thomas Graves (Royal Navy officer) (c.1747 – 1814), British naval officer
• Thomas Ian Griffith (born 1962), American actor, screenwriter, producer, musician, and martial artist
• Thomas “Tom” Hanks (born 1956), American actor
• Thomas Hearne (artist) (1744–1817), English landscape painter, engraver and illustrator
• Thomas Hearns (born 1958), American professional boxer
• Thomas “Tom” Hiddleston (born 1981), English actor
• Thomas Lawrence Higgins (1950–1994), American writer and gay rights activist
• Thomas Higham (artist) (1795–1844), English artist specialising in an antiquary and topographical engravings
• Thomas Heffernan Ho (born 1989), Hong Kong equestrian
• Thomas Hobbes (1588–1679), English philosopher
• Thomas Hogan (artist) (1955–2014), Canadian First Nations artist
• Thomas Horton (soldier) (1603–1649), English general and judge
• Thomas Howard, 1st Earl of Suffolk (1561–1626)
• Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk (died 1572)
• Thomas “Tom” Holland (born 1996), English actor
• Thomas Jane (born 1969), American actor
• Thomas Jefferson (1743–1826), third President of the United States
• Thomas “Tom” Jones (born 1940), Welsh singer
• Thomas V. Julien (1838–1906), justice of the Supreme Court of Nevada
• Thomas à Kempis (1380–1471), German-Dutch Catholic canon regular and author
• Thomas Keneally (born 1935), Australian novelist, playwright, essayist, and actor
• Thomas Kittera (1789–1839), American politician
• Thomas Kretschmann (born 1962), German actor
• Thomas Lærke (born 1991), Danish basketballer
• Thomas Lavigne, American politician
• Thomas Leiper (1745–1825), Scottish-American businessman, banker and politician
• Thomas Lembong (born 1971), Indonesian politician
• Thomas Lennon (born 1970) American actor, comedian, screenwriter, producer, director, and novelist
• Thomas Limpinsel (born 1965), German actor
• Thomas Lincoln (1778–1851), father of Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas Lincoln Jr., brother of Abraham Lincoln
• Thomas “Tad” Lincoln III (1853–1871), fourth son of Abraham Lincoln, whose nickname is Tad
• Thomas Lodu, South Sudanese politician
• Thomas Babington Macaulay (1800-1859), British historian, poet, and Whig politician
• Thomas R. Marshall (1854–1925), American politician who served as the 28th vice president of the United States from 1913 to 1921
• Thomas Massie (born 1971), United States Congressman from Kentucky
• Thomas J. Mastin (1839–1861), Confederate captain and lawyer
• Thomas Mathews (1676–1751), British officer of the Royal Navy, who rose to the rank of admiral
• Thomas N. McClellan (1853–1906), associate justice and chief justice of the Supreme Court of Alabama
• Thomas “Tom” McClintock (born 1956), American politician and U.S. Representative for California’s 4th congressional district
• Thomas W. Merrill (born 1949), American legal scholar
• Thomas F. Metz (born 1948), lieutenant general in the United States Army
• Thomas Meunier (born 1991), Belgian professional footballer
• Thomas More (1478–1535), English lawyer, social philosopher, author, statesman, and Renaissance humanist
• Thomas Müller (born 1989), German footballer
• Thomas Muster (born 1967), Austrian tennis player
• Thomas Newson (born 1994), Dutch DJ and electronic music producer
• Thomas Nihlén (born 1953), Swedish politician
• Thomas Nordahl (born 1946), Swedish soccer player
• Thomas Noret (born 1946), American politician
• Thomas Burton O’Connor (1914–1952), American journalist & editor
• Thomas O’Regan (1956–2020), Australian academic
• Thomas Orbos, Filipino businessman, government administrator, and politician
• Thomas Owen (Launceston MP) (1840–1898), British politician
• Thomas Paine (1737–1809), American philosopher and political activist
• Thomas Palaiologos (1409–1465), Despot of the Morea and brother of Constantine XI, the last Byzantine emperor
• Tom Pashby (1915–2005), Canadian ophthalmologist and sport safety advocate
• Thomas Paxton (1820–1887), Canadian industrial businessman and politician
• Thomas Pelham-Holles, 1st Duke of Newcastle (1693–1768), Prime Minister of Great Britain
• Thomas Pestock (born 1984), American professional wrestler known by his ring name Baron Corbin
• Thomas “Tom” Petty (1950–2017), American singer-songwriter and musician
• Thomas Quasthoff (born 1959), German opera singer
• Thomas De Quincey (1785–1859), English essayist
• Thomas Randolph (ambassador) (1523–1590), English diplomat and politician
• Thomas Randolph of Tuckahoe (1683–1729), Virginia politician
• Thomas Randolph (academic) (1701–1783), Vice-Chancellor of Oxford University
• Thomas Randolph, 1st Earl of Moray (died 1332), nephew and companion-in-arms of King Robert the Bruce
• Thomas Randolph, 2nd Earl of Moray (died 1332), son of the 1st Earl of Moray
• Thomas Beverly Randolph (1793–1867), American military officer
• Thomas Jefferson Randolph (1792–1875), grandson of Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Robert Malthus (1766–1834), English economist, cleric, and scholar
• Thomas Mann Randolph Sr. (1741–1793), father of Thomas Mann Randolph Jr.
• Thomas Mann Randolph Jr. (1768–1828), son-in law of Thomas Jefferson
• Thomas Rankine (born 1978), American musician
• Thomas Buchanan Read (1822–1872), American poet and painter
• Thomas Reynolds (Australian politician) (1818–1875), fifth Premier of South Australia
• Thomas J. Reynolds (1854-1896), American lawyer and politician
• Thomas Rhett (born 1990), American country singer-songwriter
• Thomas Roma (formerly Thomas Germano; born 1950), American photographer
• Thomas Ruff (born 1958), German photographer
• Thomas Ryan (artist) (1929–2021), Irish artist, designer and medallist
• Thomas Sadoski (born 1976), American actor
• Thomas Saikhom (born 1982), Indian footballer
• Thomas de Sampayo (1855–1927), Sri Lankan judge
• Thomas Savundaranayagam (born 1938), Sri Lankan Tamil Roman Catholic priest, Bishop of Jaffna from 1992–2015
• Thomas Scott (entertainer), British educational YouTuber, game show host, and web developer
• Thomas Seymour, (1508–1549), 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley
• Thomas “TomSka” Ridgewell (born 1990), British YouTuber
• Thomas Sharkey (1871–1953), American boxer
• Thomas Sheraton (1751–1806), English furniture designer
• Harry Thomas Silcock (1882–1969), English Quaker missionary
• Thomas Simons (born 2004), British YouTuber and Twitch streamer known online as TommyInnit
• Thomas “Tom” Sizemore Jr. (1961–2023), American actor
• Thomas Smythe (artist) (1825–1906), English artist who painted landscapes, bucolic scenes and animals
• Thomas Sowell (born 1930), American economist, social philosopher, and political commentator
• Thomas Stavngaard (born 1974), Danish badminton player
• Thomas Steinbeck (1944–2016), American screenwriter, photographer, and journalist
• Thomas Strand (born 1954), Swedish politician
• Thomas Sully (1783-1872), American painter
• Thomas Sutcliffe (artist) (1828–1871), English watercolour painter
• Thomas Sutton (1819–1875), English photographer, author, and inventor
• Thomas Tesche (born 1978), German badminton player
• Thomas Trauttmann (born 1991), French basketball player
• Thomas Tuchel (born 1973), German football coach
• Thomas Vermaelen (born 1985), Belgian professional footballer
• Thomas Vicary (c. 1490–1561), English physician, surgeon, and anatomist
• Thomas Wedgwood (1771–1805), English photographer and inventor
• Thomas Wolfe (1900–1938), American novelist
• Thomas Wolsey (1473–1530), English archbishop, statesman and a cardinal of the Catholic Church
• Thomas Joseph Wynne (1838–1893), American–Irish photographer and shopkeeper
• Thomas Yassmin, Australian-American football player
• Thomas Edward Yorke (born 1968), English musician and the main vocalist and songwriter of the rock band Radiohead
• Thomas Young (scientist) (1773–1829), British polymath, scientist and Egyptologist
• Thomas Crane Young (1858-1934), American architect
• Thomas Young (entrepreneur) (1895–1971), founder of YESCO, a Las Vegas corporation, in 1920
• Thomas Daniel Young (1919–1997), American professor of Southern literature
• Tommie Young (born 1949), U.S. singer

Similar & related names 🔗

• Tom
• Toma
• Tommaso
• Thompson
• Tomé
• Tŏmas
• Tomas
• Tomass
• Tomás
• Tomáš
• Tomasz
• Tomaž
• Tomaz
• Tomi
• Tomislav
• Tommy
• Tamás
• Thom
• Thomáz
• Touma
• Tomaş