Thomas (given name)

The masculine noun (Tôm) occurs throughout Semitic languages, always meaning 'twin', for instance in Hebrew תְאוֹם ("teom") or in Arabic توأم ("tawam"). == Popularity ==

It was Canada's eighth most popular name for boys in 2022. Thomas was a popular name throughout medieval Europe. In Britain the name was rare prior to the Norman Conquest (11th century CE), but by the 13th and 14th centuries it had become common. In 2017 it ranked 13th in popularity in the United Kingdom with 3,246 babies given the name. The Social Security Administration lists the name Thomas as the ninth most popular name in the United States over the past 100 years. In 2017 it ranked 48th in popularity with 7,131 babies given the name. == In various languages ==

• Afrikaans: Thomas • Albanian: Tom, Thoma, Thomas • Alemannic: Thömu, Thömus, Thömi • Amharic: ቶማስ (Tomas) • Arabic: 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: (), () • Cornish: Tommas • Croatian Tomislav, Toma • Czech: Tomáš • Danish: Thomas • Dutch: Thomas, Tom • English: Thomas, Tom, Tommy • Estonian: Toomas • Faroese: Tummas • Finnish: Tuomas, Tommi, Tomi • 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: (Ta'om), (Tomas) • Hungarian: Tamás • Icelandic: Tómas • Indonesian: Tomas, Thomas, Tommy • Irish: Tomás, Tomáisín • Italian: Tommaso, Tomaso, Tom(m)asino • Japanese: (Tōmasu), (Tomu) • Korean: (Doma), (Tom) • Latin: Thōmās • Latvian: Tomass, Tomas, Toms • Lithuanian: Tomas, Tamošius • Lombard: Tomàs • Macedonian: Тома (Toma) • Maltese: Tumas • Malayalam: Thoma • Manchu: （Toma） • Manx: Thomaase • Maori: Tāmati • Meitei (officially called Manipuri): (Thōmas), (Thōmās) • Norwegian: Thomas, Tomas • Occitan: Tomàs • Persian: توما (Tumâ), توماس‎ (Tumâs) • Polish: Tomasz • Portuguese: Tomé, Tomás • Romanian: Toma • Romansh: Tumasch • Russian: (Tomas), (Foma) • Sardinian: Tommasu • Scottish Gaelic: Tòmas, Tàmhas • Serbian Toma, Tomi • Serbo-Croatian: Тома/Toma, Томаш/Tomaš • Sicilian: Tumasi • Slovak: Tomáš, Thomas • Slovene: Tomaž • Spanish: Tomás • Swedish: Thomas, Tomas • Tamil: (Tāmas), (Tōmā) • Telugu: (Thāmas) • Tigrinya: (Tomas) • Syriac: ܬܐܘܡܐ (Toma) • Turkish: Tomas • Ukrainian: Томас (Tomas), Тома (Toma) • Vietnamese: Tâm (Tom) • Walloon: Toumas • Welsh: Tomos, Twm == See also ==