Given name & surname
Thoma
“twin”
Thoma is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Thoma is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Thoma is a variant of Thomas. Thomas developed from an Aramaic byname and reached wider use through its Greek biblical form.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Thoma is a variant 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.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1944. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Thoma is a variant 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Thoma through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 98
- 78 boys · 20 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 11 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1990. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1970. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 832 as a first name in 2020; 3,919 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thoma’s family of names
Thoma has a related form in Thomas. Thoma has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Tommaso. Thoma is a transliteration of ѳома.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Thoma has relatives in 5 languages.
5 related names in 5 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
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 23
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Thoma
- Thoma DarmoCatholicos-Patriarch of the Ancient Church of the East1904–1969
- Thoma DelianaAlbanian politician (1924-2014)
- Thoma AvramiAlbanian writer (1869–1943)
- Thoma OrologaAlbanian politician1888–1947
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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