Given name & surname
Tomasz
“twin”
Tomasz is a form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tomasz is a form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tomasz 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 Polish use, Tomasz is used as a form of THomas. Tomasz 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.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1969. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tomasz 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.
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Tomasz through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 776
- 776 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 29 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,707 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −39%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,707 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 39.0% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 29 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 4,598 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.
Tomasz’s family of names
In Polish usage, Tomasz has a diminutive in TOMASZEK. Tomasz developed from Thomas. In Polish usage, Tomasz has a conventional equivalent in the Danish form Tom.
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Around the world
Tomasz has relatives in 37 languages.
38 related names in 37 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 7
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 47
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Tommyequivalent
- TomasSwedish, Lithuanian
- Tommieequivalent
- TomDanish, abe
- Tommiequivalent
- Tomiequivalent
- Tomaequivalent
- TommasoItalian
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- Thomequivalent
- Tomazequivalent
- Thomaequivalent
- Tomyequivalent
- Tamásequivalent
- Tomosequivalent
- Tomašasequivalent
- Tomassoequivalent
- Хомаequivalent
- 多馬Chinese
- ФомаRussian, Ukrainian
- ΘωμάςGreek
- TomášCzech, Slovak
- Fomaequivalent
- Khomaequivalent
- Tümawym
- Tumawym
- Θωμᾶςgr
- TumasOld French
- TomažSlovene
- ToméPortuguese, Galician
- توماPersian
- TomsLatvian
- TomassLatvian
- TomàsCatalan
- Tomôszcsb
- TómasIcelandic
- TomásSpanish
- KamakiHawaiian
- KomaHawaiian
- თომასGeorgian
- TuumarsiGreenlandic
- TomašUpper Sorbian, Lower Sorbian
- 𐌸𐍉𐌼𐌰𐍃Gothic
- ToomasEstonian
- TomasoEsperanto
- ТомаBulgarian
- ТамашBelarusian
- ФамаBelarusian
People named Tomasz
- Tomasz KuszczakPolish footballer (born 1982)
- Tomasz FrankowskiPolish association football playerborn 1974
- Tommy WiseauAmerican actor and filmmakerborn 1955
- Tomasz MajewskiPolish shot putterborn 1981
- Tomasz KędzioraPolish association football playerborn 1994
- Tomasz JodłowiecPolish footballerborn 1985
- Tomasz Radzinskifootballerborn 1973
- Tomasz WałdochPolish footballerborn 1971
- Tomasz Makowskidirector General of the National Library of Polandborn 1970
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