Given name & surname · also Latin
Tamás
Tamás is a masculine given name from Latin, ultimately from Aramaic. It is used in Hungarian.
Original LatinThomas
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
Tamás comes from Latin, and ultimately from Aramaic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Hungarian usage, Tamás developed from Θωμᾶς.
Tamás’s family of names
In Hungarian usage, Tamás has a diminutive in Tomi. In Hungarian usage, Tamás developed from the Ancient Greek form Θωμᾶς. In Hungarian usage, Tamás has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thomas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tamás has relatives in 11 languages. Lines run from its Aramaic roots to each of them.
9 related names in 11 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 26
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tamás
- Tamás SulyokHungarian lawyer, president of Hungary (2024–2026), member of the Hungarian Constitutional Court (2014–2024)born 1956
- Tommy RamoneHungarian-American drummer (1949–2014)
- Tamás Kádárassociation footballerborn 1990
- Tamás DarnyiHungarian swimmerborn 1967
- Tamás HajnalHungarian football playerborn 1981
- Tamás LőrinczHungarian wrestler (1986)
- Tamás Priskinassociation football playerborn 1986
- Tamás MendelényiHungarian olympic champion swordsman, coach (1936-1999)
- Tamás FaragóHungarian water polo player and coachborn 1952
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“twin”
>99% boys