Given name & surname · Greek
Θωμάς
“twin”
Θωμάς (Thomás) is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek, ultimately from Biblical Hebrew. It is used in Greek.
GreekWritten in Greek script. In English: Thomas.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Θωμάς is Thomas written in the Greek alphabet. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Θωμάς comes from Ancient Greek, and ultimately from Biblical Hebrew.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Greek usage, Θωμάς developed from תאומא.
Θωμάς’s family of names
In Greek usage, Θωμάς developed from the Aramaic form תאומא. In Greek usage, Θωμάς has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thomas. In Greek usage, Θωμάς has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Tomas.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Θωμάς has relatives in 33 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Θωμάς comes from · 1 name
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 30
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- TomasLithuanian
- TomaRomanian
- TommasoItalian
- TomaszPolish
- Themisequivalent
- Makisequivalent
- 多馬Chinese
- TomášCzech, Slovak
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- Fomaequivalent
- Khomaequivalent
- Μάκηςequivalent
- Θέμηςequivalent
- תאומאroot · Aramaic, Hebrew
- Θωμᾶςolder form · Ancient Greek
- TuomasFinnish
- TomažSlovene
- ФомаRussian
- ToméPortuguese
- TomásPortuguese, Spanish
- ХомаUkrainian
- TamásHungarian
- TomsLatvian
- TómasIcelandic
- TomasoEsperanto
- ToomasEstonian
- თომაGeorgian
- ТомаBulgarian
- ԹովմասArmenian
- ܬܐܘܡܐAramaic
- توماArabic
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