Thomas

Etymology
From, from (as in the Vulgate), from , the Biblical Greek transcription of  or , the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles.

In the gospel of John (11:16, 20:24), the Aramaic nickname is also translated into Greek, as. Used as a given name since the Middle Ages, e.g. (7th century),  (8th century),  (died 1100).

In reference to the doubting Apostle.

Noun

 * 1)  An infidel or doubter.

Proper noun

 * 1) An Apostle, best remembered for doubting the resurrection of Jesus.
 * 2)  of biblical origin, popular since the 13th century.
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Translations

 * Albanian: Thoma, Masinë
 * Arabic: تُومَا, تُومَا
 * Aragonese: Tomás
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: תאומא
 * Syriac: ܬܐܘܡܐ
 * Armenian: Թովմաս
 * Basque: Tomas
 * Belarusian: Фама́
 * Bulgarian: Тома́
 * Chinese:
 * Cantonese: 多馬, 多默
 * Mandarin: 多馬, 多默
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Thomas
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Friulian: Tomâs
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: თომა
 * German:
 * Gothic: 𐌸𐍉𐌼𐌰𐍃
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: Θωμᾶς
 * Hawaiian: Toma
 * Hebrew: תומאס
 * Hungarian:
 * Indonesian: Tomas
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: トマス
 * Kazakh: Тома
 * Korean: ^토마스
 * Latvian: Toms
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard: Tomàs
 * Macedonian: Тома
 * Manx: Noo Thomaase
 * Maori: Tāmati
 * Norman: Thonmas
 * Norwegian: Tomas
 * Occitan: Tomàs
 * Persian:
 * Polabian: Dümăs
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: Toma
 * Russian:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Томаш
 * Roman: Tomaš
 * Sicilian: Tumasi
 * Slovak: Tomáš
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Tamil: தோமையார்
 * Telugu: థామస్
 * Tigrinya: ቶማስ
 * Ukrainian:, Фома́
 * Vietnamese: Tôma


 * Albanian: Thoma, Masinë
 * Amharic: ቶማስ
 * Arabic: تُومَا, تُومَا
 * Aragonese: Tomás
 * Aramaic:
 * Hebrew: תאומא
 * Syriac: ܬܐܘܡܐ
 * Armenian: Թովմաս
 * Basque: Tomas
 * Belarusian: Фама́
 * Bulgarian: Тома́
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 托馬斯
 * Czech:
 * Danish: Thomas
 * Dutch:
 * Esperanto: Tomaso
 * Estonian: Toomas
 * Faroese: Tummas
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Middle French: Thomas
 * Old French: Tumas
 * Friulian: Tomâs
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: თომა, თომას
 * German:
 * Greek: ,
 * Greenlandic: Tuumarsi
 * Hawaiian: Koma, Kamaki
 * Hebrew:
 * Hungarian:
 * Icelandic:
 * Ingrian: Foma
 * Irish: Tomás
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: トーマス
 * Latin:, Thoma
 * Latvian: Toms
 * Lithuanian:
 * Lombard: Tomàs
 * Macedonian: Тома, Томислав
 * Maltese: Tumas
 * Manx: Thomaase
 * Maori: Tāmati
 * Marathi: थॉमस, टॉमस
 * Norman: Thonmas
 * Norwegian:
 * Occitan: Tomàs
 * Persian: ,
 * Polabian: Dümăs
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese: ,
 * Romanian: Toma
 * Russian: ,
 * Scottish Gaelic: Tòmas
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: Томаш, Тома, Томислав, Томо
 * Roman: Tomaš, Toma, Tomislav, Tomo
 * Sicilian: Tumasi
 * Slovak: Tomáš
 * Slovene:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,
 * Telugu: థామస్
 * Tigrinya: ቶማስ
 * Ukrainian:, Фома́, Тома
 * Walloon: Toumas
 * Welsh: Tomos


 * Arabic: تُومَاس, تُومَاس, تُومَاس
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: 托馬斯
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:
 * Greek:
 * Marathi: थॉमस, टॉमस
 * Russian:
 * Sicilian: Tumasi

Statistics

 * According to the 2010 United States Census, Thomas is the 16th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 756,142 individuals. Thomas is most common among White (52.6%) and Black/African American (38.8%) individuals.

Proper noun

 * 1)  biblical figure
 * 2)  of biblical origin

Etymology
From, from , from , from.

Proper noun

 * 1) Thomas biblical figure
 * 2)  of biblical origin

Proper noun

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Proper noun

 * 1) Thomas biblical figure

Etymology
From, the Biblical Greek transcription of or , the nickname of one of the Twelve Apostles.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Thomas the Apostle.
 * 2)  of Biblical origin

Declension

 * The accusative is sometimes Thomam.

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Etymology
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Etymology
From Vulgate, from , from  or , from  or. Recorded as a given name in Norway since the 13th century.

Usage notes

 * The most common given name of men born in Norway in the 1980s.

Etymology
From, from.

Proper noun

 * 1)  Thomas
 * 2) * c. 990, , John 20:24
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- Witodlice Thomas, an of þam twelfum, þe ys gecweden Didimus, þæt ys Gelicost, on ure geþeode, he næs mid him, þa se Haelend com