Tom

Etymology 1
Hypocorism of.

Proper noun

 * , also used as a formal male given name.
 * 1) A nickname for a common man.
 * 1) A nickname for a common man.
 * 1) A nickname for a common man.
 * 1) A nickname for a common man.
 * 1) A nickname for a common man.

Translations

 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Latvian: Toms
 * Maori: Tame

Etymology 2
Variant of.

Etymology 3
Possibly onomatopoeia, conflated with the given name, given the practice of giving objects such as Big Ben human names. Alternatively, it may derive from an inscription on the old bell used as metal to make the Great Tom of Oxford in 1680: In Thomæ laude resono bim bom sine fraude.

Proper noun

 * 1) A large, deep-toned bell, or a particularly notable example of one.
 * 2) * 1825, Moncrieff, "A Parish-Clerk was Johnny Bell", The Universal Songster (in a song about a man who hangs himself in the bell tower):
 * And there little Johnny Bell hung dangling along with the great Tom bell, and all the rest of the bells.
 * 1) * 1825, Moncrieff, "A Parish-Clerk was Johnny Bell", The Universal Songster (in a song about a man who hangs himself in the bell tower):
 * And there little Johnny Bell hung dangling along with the great Tom bell, and all the rest of the bells.

Etymology
Borrowed from.

Etymology
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Etymology
From. Taken to regular use as a given name in Norway in the 20th century.

Etymology
Borrowed from.