Given name & surname
Foma
“one of twins”
Foma is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one of twins.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one of twins.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
In Russian use, Foma is used as a form of Thomas.
The story
Foma is a form of Thomas. The history of Thomas gives this family its wider story. Thomas was the name of one of Jesus’s twelve apostles, remembered in Christian tradition for his doubts and later reassurance. That story helped establish the name across Christian naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Foma’s family of names
Foma developed from Thomas. Foma has a related form in Fomah. Foma is a form of Thomas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
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 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Thomasroot · English
- Tommyequivalent
- Tomasequivalent
- Tommieequivalent
- Tomequivalent
- Tommiequivalent
- Tomaequivalent
- Tomiequivalent
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- Tommasoequivalent
- Themisequivalent
- Tomaszequivalent
- Thomaequivalent
- Tomoequivalent
- Tomyequivalent
- Makisequivalent
- Thomequivalent
- Tomazequivalent
- Tomažequivalent
- Tomasoequivalent
- Khomaequivalent
- Tomásequivalent
- Θωμάςequivalent
- Tamásequivalent
- Tomosequivalent
- Toomasequivalent
- Μάκηςequivalent
- Tomášequivalent
- Tomassoequivalent
- Θέμηςequivalent
- Хомаequivalent
- Toméequivalent
People named Foma
- 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.
Similar names
If you love Foma, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Dumah
“(deadly) silence”
>99% boys
Raamah
“trembling” · “thundering”
78% boys · 22% girls
Zimmah
“scheme” · “plot”
>99% boys
Ishma
“desolate” · “desolation”
89% boys · 11% girls
Thamah
“wipe clean” · “strike”
>99% boys
Mirmah
“deceit”
>99% boys
Zophah
“broad” · “pot-bellied”
>99% boys
Nohah
“rest”
>99% boys