Given name & surname
Tomas
“twin”
In Norwegian use, Tomas is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In Norwegian use, Tomas is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
In Norwegian use, Tomas 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
In Lithuanian usage, Tomas developed from Θωμᾶς. In Norwegian use, Tomas 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. In Norwegian use, Tomas 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.
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Tomas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 30,730
- 30,703 boys · 27 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 537 babies
- 2025
- 394
- #691 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +4%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 394 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 691 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 4.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 537 in 2003. In 2025, California and Texas shared the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (68 each). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 43,589 as a first name in 2020; 8,301 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.
Tomas’s family of names
In Lithuanian usage, Tomas has a diminutive in TOMKUS. Tomas developed from Thomas. In Swedish usage, Tomas has a conventional equivalent in the Polish form Tomasz.
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Around the world
Tomas has relatives in 18 languages.
20 related names in 18 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Thomasvariant · Swedish, Norwegian
- Tommaslikely variant
- Tumasvariant · French
- Tomašasvariant · Lithuanian
- Tomkusdiminutive · Lithuanian
- Tamošiusvariant · Lithuanian
- Tùmasvariant · Lithuanian
- Tòmisvariant · Lithuanian
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Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 31
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Tommyequivalent
- Tommieequivalent
- Tomequivalent
- Tommiequivalent
- Tomiequivalent
- Tomafeminine form
- TommasoItalian
- TomaszPolish
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- Tomoequivalent
- Tomyequivalent
- Thomequivalent
- Tomazequivalent
- Thomaequivalent
- Tamásequivalent
- Tomosequivalent
- Toomasequivalent
- Tomassoequivalent
- 多馬Chinese
- ФомаRussian
- ΘωμάςGreek
- Tominefeminine form · Norwegian
- Tomasinefeminine form · Norwegian
- TomášCzech
- Toméequivalent
- Fomaequivalent
- Tomažequivalent
- Tomasoequivalent
- Tòmashas masculine form
- תאומאroot · Aramaic
- Θωμᾶςroot · Ancient Greek
- Tomássource · Spanish
People named Tomas
- Tomas TranströmerSwedish poet, psychologist and translator (1931-2015)
- Tomas LindahlNobel prize winning Swedish biologistborn 1938
- Tommy CashEstonian rapper, singer, producer and visual artist (born 1991)
- Tomas BrolinSwedish footballerborn 1969
- Tom RogicAustralian association football player (born 1992)
- Tomas DanilevičiusLithuanian footballerborn 1978
- Tom WalshNew Zealand shot putterborn 1992
- Tomas N'evergreenDanish singerborn 1969
- Lion CeccahLithuanian singer-songwriter (born 1991)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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