Given name
Thomasine
“twin”·“a twin”
In English use, Thomasine is a feminine form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.” Thomasine is a variant of Thomasina. In Hebrew use, Thomasina carries the interpretation “a twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Thomasine is a feminine form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.” Thomasine is a variant of Thomasina. In Hebrew use, Thomasina carries the interpretation “a twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In English use, Thomasine is a feminine form 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
In English usage, Thomasine is a feminine form of Thomas. In English use, Thomasine 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 1909. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In English use, Thomasine 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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Thomasine through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,234
- 0 boys · 2,234 girls
- Most popular year
- 1950
- 67 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 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 67 in 1950. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,238 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.
Thomasine’s family of names
In English usage, Thomasine is a feminine form of Thomas. Thomasine has a related form in Thomasina. In English usage, Thomasine has a related form in Thomasin.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
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 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Thomasine
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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