Given name
Tomás
“twin”
Tomás is a form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tomás is a form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tomás is a 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 Portuguese usage, Tomás developed from Θωμᾶς. Tomás is a 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.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
The story
Tomás is a 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.
Explained through its name family
Tomás’s family of names
In Spanish usage, Tomás has a diminutive in TOMASITO. In Spanish usage, Tomás shares a linguistic root with the Catalan form Tomàs. Tomás is a form of Thomas.
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Around the world
Tomás has relatives in 18 languages.
18 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 4
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 27
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Thomassee also · English, French
- Tommyequivalent
- Tomasborrowing · Tagalog, ceb
- Tommieequivalent
- Tomequivalent
- Tommiequivalent
- Tomaequivalent
- Tomiequivalent
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- TommasoItalian
- TomaszPolish
- Thomequivalent
- Thomaequivalent
- Tomyequivalent
- Tamásequivalent
- Tomosequivalent
- Toomasequivalent
- Tomassoequivalent
- 多馬Chinese
- ФомаRussian
- ΘωμάςGreek
- Tomàscognate · Catalan
- Fomaequivalent
- Tomasoequivalent
- TomažSlovene
- Toméalso known as · Galician, Portuguese
- תאומאroot · Aramaic
- Θωμᾶςsource · Ancient Greek
People named Tomás
- Tomás Luis de VictoriaSpanish composer (c. 1548 – 1611)
- Tomás de TorquemadaGrand Inquisitor of Spain (1420-1498)
- Tom ArayaChilean-American musicianborn 1961
- ZizinhoBrazilian footballer (1921–2002)
- Tomás RincónVenezuelan association football playerborn 1988
- Tomás Estrada PalmaCuban politician (1835–1908); President of Cuba (1902–1906)
- Tomás AraújoPortuguese footballer (born 2002)
- Tomás de IriarteSpanish writer and fabulista1750–1791
- Tomás de BerlangaPrelate, bishop of Panama1487–1551
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