Given name & surname
Tomo
“twin”
Tomo is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tomo is a variant of Thomas. The original Aramaic byname means “twin.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tomo 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 Serbo-Croatian usage, Tomo is an affectionate form of TOMISLAV. Tomo 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 2003. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tomo 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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Tomo through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 12 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2003
- 7 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 2003. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 311 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.
Tomo’s family of names
In Serbo-Croatian usage, Tomo is an affectionate form of TOMISLAV. Tomo has a related form in Thomas. In Serbo-Croatian usage, Tomo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Thomas.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tomo has relatives in 4 languages.
5 related names in 4 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 13
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Tommyequivalent
- Tomasequivalent
- Tomequivalent
- Tommiequivalent
- Tomiequivalent
- Tommasoequivalent
- Tamásequivalent
- Фомаequivalent
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People named Tomo
- Tomo MiličevićAmerican musicianborn 1979
- Tomo SugawaraJapanese association football playerborn 1976
- Tomo ŠokotaCroatian footballerborn 1977
- Tomo VukšićBosnian archbishopborn 1954
- Tomo SakuraiJapanese voice actress1971–2025
- Tomo SatoJapanese association football playerborn 1974
- Tomo MahoričSlovene basketball coachborn 1965
- Tomo YanagishitaJapanese actorborn 1988
- Tomo OhkaJapanese baseball playerborn 1976
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