Given name & surname
Maas
“twin”
In Dutch use, Maas is a short form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Dutch use, Maas is a short form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
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Where it comes from
In Dutch use, Maas is a short form of Thomas. Thomas developed from an Aramaic byname and reached wider use through its Greek biblical form.
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How it developed
In Dutch use, Maas is used as a shortened form of THomas. In Dutch use, Maas is a short form of Thomas. The shared background comes through Thomas: The apostle is called Thomas and also Didymus in the New Testament. Didymus reflects the Greek word for “twin,” matching the meaning of the Aramaic byname behind Thomas.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
In Dutch use, Maas is a short 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.
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Maas’s family of names
Maas is a short form of Thomas. In English usage, Maas as a surname has a related form in MAAHS. In German usage, Maas as a surname has a related form in Thomas.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Around the world
Maas has relatives in 4 languages.
4 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Maas
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Maas, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Málkhos
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Matko
Matko is a masculine given name. It is used in Serbo-Croatian.
67% boys · 33% girls
Mattathías
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malkīšōˁ
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Tamhas
“twin”
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Míša
“brook” · “who is like God?”
50% boys · 50% girls
Mathusella
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Mathusela
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