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Фома
“twin”
Фома (Fomá) is a masculine given name from Old East Slavic, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Russian.
Russian and UkrainianWritten in Cyrillic script. In English: Thomas.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Фома comes from Old East Slavic, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Russian usage, Фома developed from Θωμᾶς. In Russian usage, Фома developed from תאומא.
Фома’s family of names
In Russian usage, Фома developed from the Ancient Greek form Θωμᾶς. In Russian usage, Фома has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thomas. In Russian usage, Фома has a conventional equivalent in the Swedish form Tomas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Фома has relatives in 17 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
Aramaicwhere Фома comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 36
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- תאומאroot · Aramaic
- ThomasFrench, German
- Tommyequivalent
- TomasSwedish
- Tommieequivalent
- Tomequivalent
- Tommiequivalent
- Tomiequivalent
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- Tomaequivalent
- TommasoItalian
- Themisequivalent
- TomaszPolish
- Makisequivalent
- Tomazequivalent
- Thomaequivalent
- Tomyequivalent
- Tomoequivalent
- Thomequivalent
- Tomosequivalent
- Μάκηςequivalent
- Tomassoequivalent
- Θέμηςequivalent
- Ко̄мышborrowing · sia
- ΘωμάςGreek
- TomášCzech
- Toméequivalent
- Tomažequivalent
- Khomaequivalent
- Tomasoequivalent
- Фома́has masculine form
- ToomasEstonian
- ThoméFrench
- TomásSpanish
- TamásHungarian
- FomáSpanish
- Θωμᾶςroot · Ancient Greek
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Фома
- Thomas the SlavByzantine military commander (c. 760–823)800–823
- Thomas XenakisGreek gymnast (1875–1942)
- Thomas PreljubovićRuler of Epirus in Ioannina
- Thomas MavrosGreek footballerborn 1954
- Thomas Bimisdiverborn 1975
- Thomas KottasGreek basketball player (born 1996)
- Thomas OikonomouGreek actor (1864–1927)
- Thomas ThomopoulosGreek painter and sculptor (1873-1937)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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