Thomas
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Thomas was not a Biblical given name, but 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. The name "Thomas" was not very popular until the 12th century, after the martyrdom of Thomas Becket.
The female versions of this name are Thomasina and Tamsin.
A list of notable people who had the surname or whole given name of "Thomas" can be found here:
Places:
There are also places called Thomaston and Thomasville.
In music:
- "Thomas," a song by A Perfect Circle from their 2000 album Mer de Noms
- "Doubting Thomas," sung by Nickel Creek from their 2005 album Why Should the Fire Die?
[edit] 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: Tomas, Toma, Tomislav, Tomo, Tome
- Czech: Tomáš
- Danish: Thomas
- Dutch: Thomas, Tom, Tomas
- English: Thomas, Tom, Thom, Tommy
- Estonian: Toomas
- Finnish: Tuomas
- French: Thomas
- German: Thomas
- Greek, Ancient: Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs) = Modern Θωμάς (Thomás) (Saint Thomas also: Δίδυμος (Didymos, "twin"))
- Hebrew: Teomo
- Hungarian: Tamás
- Icelandic: Tómas
- Irish: Tomás
- Italian: Tommaso
- Japanese: トマス (Tomasu)
- Korean: 도마 (Doma; Toma; biblical), 토머스 (Tomeoseu; T'omŏsŭ)
- Latin: Thomas (Saint Thomas also: Didymus)
- Lithuanian: Tomas
- 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
- Romanian: Tomas
- Russian: Фома́ (written: Foma, pronounced: Famá)
- Samoan: Tomasi
- Serbian: Тома (Toma)
- Slovak: Tomáš
- Slovenian: Tomaž
- Spanish: Tomás
- Swaheelí: T-Dínerõ
- Swedish: Tomas
- Thai: โทมัส (To-mus)
- Welsh: Tomos
[edit] See also
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