Given name & surname
Tomlin
“little Tom; son of Tom; the smaller of twins”
Tomlin is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “little Tom; son of Tom; the smaller of twins.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “little Tom; son of Tom; the smaller of twins.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
In English usage, Tomlin is a diminutive of Thomas.
The story
In English use, Tomlin is a diminutive 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
Tomlin’s family of names
In English usage, Tomlin is a diminutive of Thomas. Tomlin has a related form in Tomalin. Tomlin has a related form in Tomkin.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Thomasfull form · English
- Toulminvariant · English
- Tomkinsonvariant
- Tompkinsonvariant
- Tompkinsvariant
- Tompkinvariant
- Tomkinvariant
- Tomlinsonvariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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