Given name & surname
Tommaso
“twin”
Tommaso is a form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tommaso is a form of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tommaso 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 Italian use, Tommaso is used as a form of THoMas. Tommaso 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 1967. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tommaso 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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Tommaso through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 635
- 635 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2013
- 22 babies
- 2025
- 20
- #5,024 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +1%
- Steady
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 20 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 5,024 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 1.1% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (8). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 925 as a first name in 2020; 130 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.
Tommaso’s family of names
Tommaso has a short form in Maso. Tommaso developed from Thomas. In Italian usage, Tommaso has a conventional equivalent in the Lithuanian form Tomas.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tommaso has relatives in 30 languages.
26 related names in 30 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 35
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Tommyequivalent
- TomasLithuanian
- Tommieequivalent
- Tomequivalent
- Tommiequivalent
- Tomiequivalent
- TomaRomanian, Croatian
- TomaszPolish
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- Tomoequivalent
- Thomequivalent
- Tomyequivalent
- ThomaAlbanian
- Tomazosequivalent
- Tomosequivalent
- Toomasequivalent
- 多馬Chinese
- ФомаRussian
- ΘωμάςGreek
- TomásSpanish, Portuguese
- Masullopatronymic from · Italian
- Tomasuloderivative · Italian
- Tommasafeminine form · Italian
- Fomaequivalent
- Τομάζοςequivalent
- TamásHungarian
- ХомаUkrainian
- TomažSlovene
- TomášSlovak, Czech
- ТомаSerbian, Bulgarian
- ToméPortuguese
- TomsLatvian
- თომაGeorgian
- TuomasFinnish
- TomàsCatalan
- ԹովմասArmenian
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Tommaso
- Thomas AquinasItalian Dominican friar, philosopher, Catholic priest, and Doctor of the Church (1225–1274)
- MasaccioItalian painter (1401-1428)
- Tommaso CampanellaItalian philosopher, theologian, astrologer, and poet (1568-1639)
- Thomas CajetanCatholic cardinal1469–1534
- Thomas of CelanoItalian religious, poet and writer1190–1260
- Tommaso TittoniPrime Minister of Italy (1855-1931)
- Tommaso RocchiItalian association football playerborn 1977
- Tommaso BuscettaSicilian Mafia boss to become government informant1928–2000
- Tommaso SalvadoriItalian ornithologist (1835–1923)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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