Given name
Thomasina
“a twin”·“twin”
Thomasina is a feminine form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Hebrew use, Thomasina carries the interpretation “a twin.” Thomasina is a feminine form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
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Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
Thomasina is used as a feminine counterpart of Thomas. Thomasina is a feminine 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.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1904. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Thomasina is a feminine 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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Thomasina through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,765
- 0 boys · 3,765 girls
- Most popular year
- 1966
- 85 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 girls is 6 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 85 in 1966. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,381 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Thomasina’s family of names
In English usage, Thomasina has a diminutive in Tommy. Thomasina is a feminine form of Thomas. Thomasina has a related form in Thomasine.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 21
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Thomasina
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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