Thomas


Gender:
Origin: Arabic, Aramaic, Greek
21400 famous people named Thomas found on Wikipedia.
2311700 male, 8475 female in US.
Most recent ranking: 49-th in year 2018
Best ranking: 8-th in year 1955
Used in: Biblical, Danish, Dutch, English, French, German, Greek, Norwegian, Swedish

Meanings

A male given name: from an Aramaic word meaning “twin.”.

Thomas is a masculine given name. It is based on the Biblical Greek Θωμᾶς, which is itself a transcription of the Aramaic Taumā תאומא "twin", the Hebrew cognate being tə'ōm תאום.
"Tom" "Thom" or "Tommy" are abbreviations of Thomas; "Tam" is a common abbreviation used in Scotland. Abbreviated written forms are "Thos" and "Th".
Feminine versions of this name are Thomasina, Tamsyn, Tamsin, Thomaida/Thomais, or Tammy.

Masc. proper name, from Greek Thomas, of Aramaic origin and said to mean "a twin" (John's gospel refers to Thomas as ho legomenos didymos "called the twin;" compare Syriac toma "twin," Arabic tau'am "twin"). Before the Conquest, found only as the name of a priest, but after 1066, one of the most common given names in English. Also see Tom, Tommy. Doubting Thomas is from John xx.25. A Thomist (1530s, from Medieval Latin Thomista, mid-14c.) is a follower of 13c. scholastic theologian St. Thomas Aquinas.

Twin.

Famous People: 21400 found on Wikipedia.
Popularity Name Birth Year Description
1 Thomas Jefferson 1743 3rd President of the United States of America
2 Thomas Edison 1847 American inventor and businessman
3 Isaiah Thomas 1989 American basketball player
4 Jonathan Taylor Thomas 1981 Actor
5 Clarence Thomas 1948 Associate Justice of the Supreme Court of the United States
6 Thomas Brodie-Sangster 1990 British actor
7 Isiah Thomas 1961 American basketball player, coach, executive
8 Thomas Cromwell 1485 English statesman and chief minister to King Henry VIII of England
9 Thomas Müller 1989 German footballer
10 Thomas Jane 1969 American actor and comic book writer
11 Thomas More 1478 English Renaissance humanist
12 Thomas Paine 1737 English and American political activist
13 Thomas Aquinas 1225 Italian Dominican scholastic philosopher of the Roman Catholic Church
14 Thomas Wolfe 1900 American writer
15 Thomas Hobbes 1588 English philosopher, born 1588
16 Thomas Gibson 1962 American actor and director
17 Thomas Rhett 1990 Country music singer
18 Thomas Hardy 1840 English novelist and poet
19 Thomas Girardi 1939 American lawyer
20 Thomas Sadoski 1976 American stage, film, and television actor
21 Thomas Becket 1118 Chancellor of England, Archbishop of Canterbury, Saint
22 Kristin Scott Thomas 1960 British-French actress
23 Thomas Haden Church 1960 American actor, director, writer
24 Marlo Thomas 1937 American actress, producer, and social activist
25 Thomas Middleditch 1982 Canadian actor
26 Rozonda Thomas 1971 Singer/actress
27 Richard Thomas 1951 American actor
28 Thomas the Tank Engine
29 Adam Thomas 1988 British actor
30 Niveda Thomas 1995 Indian actress
31 Thomas F. Wilson 1959 Actor, writer, musician, painter, voice-over artist, stand-up comedian, and podcaster
32 Dylan Thomas 1914 Welsh poet and writer
33 Henry Thomas 1971 American actor and musician
34 Michelle Thomas 1969 Actress
35 Thomas Robert Malthus 1766 British political economist
36 Thomas Wolsey 1471 English political figure and cardinal
37 Thomas Bangalter 1975 French electronic music producer
38 Thomas DeSimone 1950 Sicilian-American gangster
39 Thomas Silverstein 1952 American murderer
40 Danny Thomas 1912 American actor, comedian, and humanitarian
41 Thomas Pynchon 1937 American novelist
42 Thomas Mikal Ford 1962 American actor
43 Thomas the Apostle Apostle of Jesus Christ
44 Ryan Thomas 1984 British actor
45 Eddie Kaye Thomas 1980 American actor
46 Thomas Sowell 1930 American economist, social theorist, political philosopher and author
47 Emma Thomas 1968 British film producer
48 Thomas Crapper 1836 British plumber
49 Thomas Wayne Fictional character, father of Bruce Wayne (Batman)
50 Derrick Thomas 1967 All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive end, linebacker
51 Thomas Kretschmann 1962 German actor
52 Thomas Merton 1915 Priest and author
53 Thomas Vermaelen 1985 Belgian footballer
54 Thomas Ian Nicholas 1980 American actor, musician and director
55 Thomas Kinkade 1958 American painter of popular realistic, bucolic, and idyllic subjects
56 Thomas Beatie 1974 American activist
57 Thomas Mann 1875 German novelist, and 1929 Nobel Prize laureate
58 Thomas S. Ricketts 1963 Chairman of the Chicago Cubs
59 Demaryius Thomas 1987 American football player, wide receiver
60 Thomas Tuchel 1973 German footballer and manager
61 Thomas McDonell 1986 Actor, musician, and artist from America
62 Thomas Ravenel 1962 American politician
63 Earl Thomas 1989 All-American college football player, professional football player, defensive back, cornerback, safety
64 Philip Michael Thomas 1949 American actor
65 Thomas Hearns 1958 American boxer
66 Frank Thomas 1968 American baseball player
67 Thomas Sankara 1949 President of Upper Volta
68 Thomas Cranmer 1489 Archbishop of Canterbury
69 Thomas Dekker 1987 American actor
70 Antonia Thomas 1986 British actress
71 Thomas Newman 1955 American composer
72 Thomas E. Dewey 1902 American politician
73 Thomas Friedman 1953 American journalist and author
74 Thomas C. Durant 1820 Railroad promoter, financier
75 Thomas S. Monson 1927 President of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints
76 Sean Patrick Thomas 1970 American actor
77 Thomas Henry Huxley v 1825 English biologist and comparative anatomist
78 Thomas Carlyle 1795 Scottish philosopher, satirical writer, essayist, historian and teacher
79 Thomas Harris 1940 American author and screenwriter
80 Thomas Almeida 1991 Brazilian professional mixed martial artist
81 Debi Thomas 1967 Figure skater
82 Billie Thomas 1931 Film actor
83 Thomas Rolfe 1615 American colonialist
84 Rob Thomas 1965 Young adult novel author, television program writer
85 Thomas Lemar 1995 Footballer
86 Tovino Thomas 1989 Malayalam actor
87 Thomas Piketty 1971 French economist
88 Thomas Day 1748 British writer
89 Thomas Andrews 1873 Irish businessman and shipbuilder
90 Thomas Turgoose 1992 English actor
91 Eric Thomas (motivational speaker) 1970
92 Heather Thomas 1957 American actress
93 B.J. Thomas 1942 American popular singer
94 Thomas Rawls 1993 American football running back for the Seattle Seahawks (NFL)
95 Thomas Martin Einstein
96 Thomas Keller 1955 American chef, restaurateur, and cookbook writer
97 Justin Thomas 1993 American golfer
98 Thomas Lennon 1970 American actor and screenwriter
99 Thomas Mars 1976 French musician and the lead singer of the French alternative rock band Phoenix.
100 Thomas Seymour, 1st Baron Seymour of Sudeley 1508 Brother of the English queen Jane Seymour
101 Thomas N'Gijol 1978 French actor and comedian
102 Thomas Robinson 1991 American basketball player
103 Thomas Kuhn 1922 American historian, physicist and philosopher
104 Thomas Culpeper 1514 English courtier and friend of Henry VIII
105 Thomas Dolby 1958 Singer-songwriter, musician, Record Producer, Entrepreneur
106 Josh Thomas 1987 Comedian
107 Gareth Thomas 1974 Welsh rugby league and union player
108 Vivien Thomas 1910 American surgeon
109 Thomas Tallis 1506 English composer
110 Thomas Gage 1719 British general
111 Thomas Mitchell 1892 American actor, playwright and screenwriter
112 Thomas Nast 1840 American cartoonist
113 Thomas Howard, 3rd Duke of Norfolk 1473 English politician
114 Thomas Partey 1993 Ghanaian footballer
115 Thomas Meunier 1991 Footballer
116 Peter Thomas 1924 Recipient of the Purple Heart medal
117 Dave Thomas 1949 Canadian comedian and actor
118 Khleo 1989 American actor and musician
119 Thomas Boleyn, 1st Earl of Wiltshire 1477 Diplomat, politician
120 Thomas Davis 1983 American football player
121 Imogen Thomas 1982 British model
122 Thomas Jones 1978 American footballer player from the United States
123 Thomas J. Barrack, Jr. Private Equity Real Estate investor and the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Colony Capital, headquartered in Santa Monica, California.
124 Joe Thomas 1984 American football player, offensive lineman
125 Thomas Anders 1963 Singer, composer, producer
126 Helen Thomas 1920 American author and journalist
127 Thurman Thomas 1966 All-American college football player, professional football player, running back, College Football Hall of Fame member, Pro Football Hall of Fame member
128 Thomas Nickerson 1805 American sailor and author
129 Thomas W. Bennett 1947 United States Army Medal of Honor recipient
130 Thomas Roberts 1972 American television journalist and sexual abuse survivor
131 Thomas Ian Griffith 1962 American actor
132 Thomas J. Watson 1874 American businessman
133 Thomas Gainsborough 1727 English portrait and landscape painter
134 De'Anthony Thomas 1993 Joueur de football américain
135 Thomas Moore 1779 Irish poet, singer and songwriter
136 Thomas Howard, 21st Earl of Arundel 1585 English diplomat
137 Mickey Thomas 1949 American singer
138 Julius Thomas 1988 Player of American football
139 Thomas Cook 1808 English founder of the travel agency Thomas Cook & Son
140 Jake Thomas 1990 Actor, singer
141 Thomas H. Ince 1882 Cinema pioneer
142 Iwan Thomas 1974 Welsh 400m runner
143 Sunset Thomas 1972 American pornographic actress
144 Thomas Wyatt 1503 English poet and diplomat (1503-1542)
145 Ernest Lee Thomas 1949 American actor
146 Thomas Rühmann 1955 German actor and musician
147 Thomas Hardiman 1965 American judge
148 Thomas Gravedad 1976 Grabesinha
149 Thomas Langlois Lefroy 1776 Irish politician and judge
150 Sarah Thomas 1973 Football official
151 Thomas Young Davis 1773 English polymath
152 Tim Thomas 1974 American ice hockey goaltender
153 Thomas Baker 1916 United States Army soldier, born 1916
154 Sonya Thomas 1967 American competitive eater
155 Wendy Thomas 1961 American restaurant owner
156 Thomas Eagleton 1929 American politician
157 Thomas Lincoln 1778 Farmer, Carpenter
158 Thomas Nagel 1937 American philosopher
159 Geraint Thomas 1986 Racing cyclist
160 Jay Thomas 1948 Actor, radio talk show host, businessman
161 Thomas Szasz 1920 Hungarian psychiatrist
162 Thomas J. Grasso 1962 American murderer
163 Zach Thomas 1973 American football player, linebacker
164 Thomas Tew 1700 American pirate
165 Adinda Thomas 1993
166 Thomas Hunt Morgan 1866 American biologist
167 Thomas Sørensen 1976 Danish footballer
168 Thomas Cole 1801 American artist
169 Thomas Law 1992 British actor
170 Thomas Bach 1953 German fencer and sports official, president of the IOC
171 Thomas Craig 1962 British actor
172 Thomas Perkins 1932 American businessperson
173 Thomas Neill Cream 1850 British serial killer
174 Serena Scott Thomas 1961 British actress
175 Lance Thomas 1988 American professional basketball player
176 Ashley Thomas Character from the British soap opera Emmerdale
177 Thomas Malory 1405 English writer, author of ''Le Morte d'Arthur''
178 Ellen Thomas 1956 English actress
179 Thomas Hitzlsperger 1982 German footballer
180 Thomas Howard, 4th Duke of Norfolk 1536 English noble
181 Thomas Cochrane, 10th Earl of Dundonald 1775 Royal Navy admiral
182 Tyrus Thomas 1986 American basketball player
183 Thomas Tull 1970 American film producer
184 Thomas Hart Benton 1889 American painter
185 Tanisha Thomas 1985 TV reality show participant
186 Betty Thomas 1948 Actress, film director, television director
187 Thomas Gray 1716 English poet, historian
188 Thomas Fitzpatrick 1799 American trapper
189 Thomas Trikasih Lembong
190 Thomas Grey, 1st Marquess of Dorset 1451 English noble
191 Thomas A. Shannon, Jr. 1958 American diplomat
192 Thomas Delaney 1991 Danish footballer
193 Thomas Schelling 1921 American economist
194 Thomas Pesquet 1978 French astronaut
195 Thomas Eakins 1844 American painter
196 Thomas Ligotti 1953 American horror author
197 Thomas Babington Macaulay, 1st Baron Macaulay 1800 British historian and Whig politician
198 Thomas Telford 1757 Scottish civil engineer, architect and stonemason
199 Thomas Hassan 1958 First Gentleman of New Hampshire
200 Raymond A. Thomas 1958 United States general