Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tommas 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 1942. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tommas through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 57
- 57 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1954
- 8 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 1964. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 177 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.
Tommas’s family of names
Tommas may belong to the same name family as Tomas. This is a tentative spelling connection.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Similar names
If you love Tommas, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
Tom
“twin”
>99% boys
Timmy
“one who honors God”
>99% boys
Orest
>99% boys
Terrence
“learned” · “instigator”
>99% boys
Stevan
“crowned with garland”
>99% boys
Doran
“exile, wanderer” · “a stranger; one who has been exiled”
>99% boys
Tor
“one who is peaceful”
>99% boys
Stanford
“from the stony ford”
>99% boys