Thomas

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Thomas Assyrian: ܬܐܘܡܐ, Toma; is a common given name for males. It originated from the Aramaic language designation תום or Tôm.Thomas also has many origins in Wales. The meaning of the name is "twin," and in the New Testament the designation was applied to Judas Thomas, the second Judas of the Apostles, hence the meaning "twin".^[1]

"Tom" or "Thom" are abbreviations of Thomas, and "Tommy" is a common variant; "Tommie" is a relatively uncommon variant. The name is sometimes abbreviated as "Thos" in signatures. The female versions of this name are Thomasina, Tamsyn, Tamsin, Tasmina, Tasmino, or Tammy.

Variants

• Albanian: Tomas
• Arabic: توما‎, Touma
• Aragonese: Tomás
• Azerbaijani: Foma
• Armenian: Tovmas
• Asturian: Tomás
• Basque: Tomas
• Belarusian: Тамаш (Tamaš)
• Bosnian: Toma
• Breton: Tomaz
• Bulgarian: Тома (Toma)
• Catalan: Tomàs
• Chinese: 多馬 (Duoma, Biblical), 湯瑪斯 (Tangmasi, general translation), 湯瑪士 (Tangmashi), 托馬斯 (Tuomasi)
• Croatian: Tomislav, Tomo, Tome
• Czech: Tomáš
• Danish: Thomas
• Dutch: Thomas, Tom, Tomas, Thom, Tommie
• English: Thomas, Tom, Thom, Tommy, Thommie, Tomas, Tomm
• Esperanto: Tomaso
• Estonian: Toomas
• Faroese: Tummas
• Finnish: Tuomas, Tuomo
• Filipino: Tomas
• French: Thomas
• Galician: Tomé
• Georgian: თომა (Toma)
• German: Thomas, Tom, Tommi
• Greek, polytonic: Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs) = monotonic Θωμάς (Thomás) (Saint Thomas also: Δίδυμος (Didymos, "twin"))
• Hebrew: Teom
• Hungarian: Tamás
• Icelandic: Tómas
• Indonesian: Thomas
• Irish: Tomás, Tommy
• Italian: Tommaso (also sometimes Tomaso)
• Japanese: トーマス (Tomasu)
• Kapampangan: Tomas
• Karakalpak: Tomas
• Korean: 도마 (Doma; Toma; biblical), 토머스 (Tomeoseu; T'omŏsŭ)
• Kurdish: Thomasê
• Latvian: Toms
• Latin: Thomas (Saint Thomas also: Didymus)
• Lithuanian: Tomas
• Luxembourgish: Thomas
• Macedonian: Томислав, Τоми, Томо, Томас, Τоме
• Malayalam: തോമാ (Thoma), തോമാസ് (Thomas), തൊമ്മന് (Thommen), ഉമ്മന് (Oommen), തൊമ്മി (Thommy), ടോമി (Tommy), ടോം (Tom)
• Maori: Tamihana
• Maltese: Tumas
• Norwegian : Thomas, Tomas, Tom
• Polish: Tomasz, Tomek
• Portuguese: Tomás, Tomé
• Persian: توماس (Tomasp)
• Romani language: Tomašis
• Romanian: Tomas, Toma (more common)
• Russian: Фома́ (written: Foma, pronounced: Famá)
• Samogitian dialect: Tuoms
• Samoan: Tomasi
• Sardinian: Tommaso
• Scottish Gaelic: Tòmas
• Scots: Tam
• Serbian: Тома (Toma)
• Serbo-Croatian: Toma
• Slovak: Tomáš
• Slovene: Tomaž
• Spanish: Tomás
• Swahili: Thoma
• Swedish: Tomas, Thomas, Tom, Tommy, Tommie
• Thai: โทมัส (To-mus)
• Ukrainian: Choma
• Venetian: Tomaxo
• Vietnamese: Tommaso
• Welsh: Tomos, Twm
• Waray-Waray: Tomás

See also: Thomas (surname)

Surnames

• Thompson, MacThomas: Mac Thòmais or Sloichd Adhamh Mhor Mhic Uilleam, descended from Clan Chattan Mackintoshes
• McCombie: Mac Thomaidh (Son of 'Tommy', diminutive).
• Hosier, MacLehose, Mucklehose: MacIlleThòmhais (Son or servant of St. Thomas).

Songs about Thomas

• Barba-Thomas (Uncle Thomas, Greek: Μπαρμπα-Θωμάς) by Giorgos Mitsakis, oiginally sung by Grigoris Bithikotsis
• I paraga tou Thoma (Thomas' hut, Greek: Η παράγκα του Θωμά) by Pavlos Sidiropoulos
• Thomas by Giannis Spanos and Thanos Sofos, originally sung by Giannis Poulopoulos
• Space Oddity by David Bowie, with its main character being "Major Tom"

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