Thomas (name)

Thomas

Saint Thomas the Apostle
Pronunciation	English: /ˈtɒməs/ TOM-əs French: [tɔmɑ] ⓘ German: [ˈtoːmas] ⓘ Dutch: [ˈtoːmɑs] ⓘ
Gender	Male
Name day	July 3
Origin
Language(s)	Aramaic, Hebrew, Arabic, Greek
Meaning	"Twin"
Other names
Related names	Tom Toma Tommaso Thompson Tomé Tŏmas Tomas Tomass Tomás Tomáš Tomasz Tomaž Tomaz Tomi Tomislav Tommy Tamás Thom Thomáz Touma Tomaş
See also	Andrew Charles Herman

Thomas is a male name of Aramaic origins. The English spelling Thomas is a transliteration through Latin Thomas, of the approximate Greek transliteration (Ancient Greek: Θωμᾶς, romanized: Thōmâs), from Aramaic תאמא (Tɑʔwmɑʔ), from Classical Syriac ܬܐܡܐ (Toma), meaning 'twin'. Thomas is recorded in the Greek New Testament as the name of Thomas the Apostle (one of the twelve apostles of Jesus).