Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Thomes isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Thomes through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 411
- 411 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1944
- 19 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 1980. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 19 in 1944. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 146 as a first name in 2020; 1,024 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.
Thomes’s family of names
In German usage, Thomes as a surname has a related form in Thomas.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Thomes, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Cleophes
>99% boys
Gyles
“resembling a young goal”
>99% boys
Cherles
>99% boys
Tomey
“a wealthy man” · “of the people”
>99% boys
Rolly
“from the renowned land”
>99% boys
Tex
“man from Texas”
>99% boys
Lonis
>99% boys
Rogers
Rogers is a surname.
>99% boys
Sibling ideas
Names that share Thomes’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
A sister for Thomes