Tom

A male given name: a surname, ultimately derived from clerk. A male given name, form of Thomas.

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Tom is mostly used as a diminutive of Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, and various other countries like New Zealand, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name.
The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name (תום).
Notable people who use the diminutive include:
Tom Anderson
Tom Baker
Tom Bell, multiple people
Tom Bergeron, American television personality and game show host
Tom Bosley, American actor
Tom Brady, American football player for the New England Patriots
Tom Brokaw, American anchor for NBC
Tom Cassell, British Youtuber
Tom Chaplin, British singer of band Keane
Tom Clancy, American author
Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer/songwriter
Tom Cotter
Tom Cruise
Tom Cutler, Australian rules footballer
Tom Daly
Tom DeLay, American politician
Tom DeLonge, American musician
Tom Dwan, American poker player
Tom Felton, English actor and singer
Tom Fletcher
Tom Gamboa, American baseball coach and manager
Tom Gilson, American actor
Tom Gilson (American football), American football player
Tom Green
Tom Hanks, American film actor
Tom Hardy
Tom Hiddleston, English actor
Tom Hopper, English actor
Tom Humble, Australian Rugby League player
Tom Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter
Tom Jones
Tom Kenny
Tom Kingston, Australian rugby union player
Tom Kingston (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
Tom Konyves, Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
Tom Leppard, English surfer
Tom Mix, American cowboy actor
Tomm Moore, Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
Tom Morello, American guitarist from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
Oswald 'Tom' Mosley, English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
Tom Odell, British singer
Tom Parker
Tom Pratt (American football), American football coach
Tom Petty, American musician and singer-songwriter
Tom Poston, American actor
Tom Rehder, American football player
Tom Riddle, fictional Harry Potter series villain
Tom Rockliff, Australian rules footballer
Tom Selleck, American actor and film producer
Tom Simpson
Tom Smothers, American comedian, composer, and musician
Tom Stolhandske, American football player
Tom Symonds, Australian Rugby League player
Tom Thumb, A character of English folklore
Tom Tsuchiya, American sculptor
Tom Verlaine, American guitarist for the punk band Television
Tom Vu, Vietnamese-American poker player, real estate investor and speaker
Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
Tom Welling, American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville
Tom Zé, Brazilian singer‐songwriter
Notable people with Tom as given name include:
Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
Tom Kaulitz, guitarist of band Tokio Hotel
Tom Segev, Israeli historian, author, and journalist
Tom Tykwer, German film director
Tom Veen, Dutch politician

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Familiar shortening of masc. proper name Thomas, used by late 14c. as a type of a nickname for a common man (as in Tom, Dick, and Harry, 1734). Applied 17c. as a nickname for several exceptionally large bells. Short for Uncle Tom in the sense of "black man regarded as too servile to whites" is recorded from 1959. Tom Walker, U.S. Southern colloquial for "the devil" is recorded from 1833. Tom and Jerry is first attested 1828 and later used in many extended senses, originally were the names of the two chief characters (Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn) in Pierce Egan's "Life in London" (1821); the U.S. cat and mouse cartoon characters debuted 1940 in "Puss Gets the Boot." Tom Thumb (1570s) was a miniature man in popular tradition before P.T. Barnum took the name for a dwarf he exhibited. Tom-tit "titmouse" is from 1709. Compare tomcat.

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English short form of Thomas: twin.

Tomas, Thomas, Tommy, Tomasz, Tomo

Popularity	Name	Birth Year	Description
1	Tom Hardy	1977	English actor, screenwriter and producer
2	Tom Cruise	1962	American actor and film producer
3	Tom Hanks	1956	American actor
4	Tom Hiddleston	1981	English actor, producer and musical performer
5	Tom Selleck	1945	American actor
6	Tom Jones	1940	Welsh singer
7	Tom Felton	1987	English actor and singer
8	Tom Ellis	1978	Welsh actor
9	Tom Waits	1949	American singer-songwriter and actor
10	Tom Ford	1961	American fashion designer
11	Tom Petty	1950	American musician
12	Tom Clancy	1947	American author
13	Tom DeLonge	1975	American rock musician
14	Tom Welling	1977	American actor and model
15	Tom Daley	1994	British diver
16	Tom Sizemore	1961	Actor
17	Tom Franco	1980	American actor and television actor
18	Tom Morello	1964	American guitarist and singer-songwriter
19	Tom Hollander	1967	British actor
20	Tom Kenny	1962	American actor, and comedian
21	Tom Green	1971	Canadian actor and comedian
22	Tom Cavanagh	1963	Canadian actor
23	Tom Sturridge	1985	British actor
24	Tom Wilkinson	1948	English actor
25	Tom Brokaw	1940	Television journalist
26	Tom Arnold	1959	American actor and comedian
27	Tom Coughlin	1946	American football player and coach
28	Tom Berenger	1949	Actor
29	Tom Burke	1981	English actor
30	Tom Skerritt	1933	American actor
31	Tom Payne	1982	British actor
32	Tom Herman	1975	American football player and coach
33	Tom Everett Scott	1970	Actor
34	Tom Cotton	1977	US soldier and politician
35	Tom Hughes	1985	British actor
36	Uncle Tom		Fictional character
37	Major Tom		David Bowie character
38	Tom Cullen	1985	British actor
39	Tom Bosley	1927	American actor
40	Tom Hulce	1953	Actor
41	Tom Lehrer	1928	American singer-songwriter and mathematician
42	Tom Wlaschiha	1973	German actor and dubber
43	Tom Courtenay	1937	British actor
44	Tom Wolfe	1931	American writer and journalist
45	Tom Bergeron	1955	American television personality
46	Tom Landry	1924	Coach of the Dallas Cowboys
47	Tom Sawyer		Title character of the novel The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain
48	Tom Anderson	1970	US internet entrepreneur
49	Tom Lister Jr.	1958	American character actor and retired professional wrestler
50	Tom Odell	1990	British singer-songwriter
51	Tom Riley	1981	English actor
52	Tom Bombadil		Middle-earth character
53	Tom Hayden	1939	American social and political activist, author and politician
54	Tom Fletcher	1985	British musician
55	Tom Thibodeau	1958	Basketball coach from the United States
56	Thomas Perez	1961	26th United States Secretary of Labor
57	Tom Poston	1921	American actor
58	Tom Stoppard	1937	British playwright
59	Lauren Tom	1961	Actress, voice actress
60	Tom Hagen		Fictional human
61	Tom Araya	1961	Bassist and Vocalist in Slayer
62	Tom Noonan	1951	American actor, director, and screenwriter
63	Tom McCarthy	1966	American actor, writer and film director
64	Tom Goodman-Hill	1968	Actor
65	Tom Pelphrey	1982	American actor
66	Tom Mison	1982	Actor, writer
67	Tom Harmon	1919	American football player, announcer
68	Tom Cleverley	1989	English footballer
69	Tom Fogerty	1941	American musician, best known as the rhythm guitarist in Creedence Clearwater Revival
70	Nicholle Tom	1978	American actress
71	Tom Savage	1990	American football quarterback
72	Tom Steyer	1957	American hedge fund manager billionaire
73	Tom Scholz	1947	Musician
74	Tom Heaton	1986	English footballer
75	Tom Laughlin	1931	American actor and political activist
76	Tom Williams	1980	Cyprus international footballer
77	Tom Cassell	1993	British Gamer/YouTuber/Commentator
78	Tom Crean	1966	College basketball coach
79	Tom Dwan	1986	American poker player
80	Tom Six	1973	Dutch film director, producer, writer and painter
81	Tom Davies (footballer, born 1998)	1998	English footballer
82	Tom Kane	1962	Voice actor
83	Tom Ince	1992	Football player from England
84	Tom Alter	1950	Indian actor
85	Tom Vilsack	1950	American politician
86	Tom Izzo	1955	American basketball player and coach
87	Tom Wopat	1951	American actor
88	Tom Mix	1880	American actor
89	Tom Horn	1860	American outlaw
90	Tom Segura	1979	Comedian
91	Tom Kerridge	1973	British chef
92	Tom Savini	1946	American actor, stuntman, director and makeup artist
93	Tom Guiry	1981	American actor
94	Tom Parker Bowles	1974	Son of Camilla, Duchess of Cornwall
95	Tom Hooper	1972	British movie director
96	Tom Seaver	1944	Hall of Fame baseball pitcher (1967-1986)
97	Tom Chaplin	1979	British musician
98	Tom DeLay	1947	American Republican politician
99	Tom Watson	1967	British politician (Labour)
100	Tom Wolf	1948	American politician
101	Tom Haverford		Fictional character from Parks and Recreation
102	Heather Tom	1975	Actress
103	Tom Snyder	1936	American television personality
104	Tom Prichard	1959	American professional wrestler
105	Tom Conti	1941	British actor
106	Tom Rosenthal	1988	British actor and comedian
107	Tom Jackson	1951	American football player
108	Tom Glavine	1966	American professional baseball player, pitcher
109	Tom Carroll	1992	Footballer
110	Tom Byron	1961	American pornographic actor
111	Tom of Finland	1920	Finnish artist
112	Tom Heinsohn	1934	American basketball player and coach
113	Tom Robbins	1932	American writer
114	Tom Lawrence	1994	British association football player
115	Tom T. Hall	1936	American musician
116	Tom Wu	1972	Actor
117	Manuel Martín Sánchez	1937	American businessman
118	Tom Lawlor	1983	American martial artist
119	Tom Austen	1988	British actor
120	Tom Dumoulin	1990	Dutch cyclist
121	Tom Daschle	1947	South Dakota politician
122	Tom Wisdom	1973	English actor
123	Tom Bodett	1955	American writer, voice actor and radio host
124	Tom Smothers	1937	American comedian, musician and TV presenter
125	Tom Dempsey	1947	Former American football placekicker in the NFL
126	Tom Simpson	1937	Professional cyclist
127	Tom Verica	1964
128	Tom Huddlestone	1986	English footballer
129	Tom Thomson	1877	Canadian artist
130	Tom Colicchio	1962	American chef
131	Tom Flores	1937	American football player, coach, executive
132	Tom Benson	1927	American football executive
133	Tom Rogić	1992	Footballer
134	Tom Gores	1964	American money manager
135	Tom Bradley	1917	American mayor
136	Tom Wright	1983	Australian actor
137	Tom Cochrane	1953	Singer-songwriter, musician
138	Tom Ripley
139	Tom Golisano	1941	American businessman
140	Tom Osborne	1937	American football player and coach, college athletics administrator, politician
141	Tom Pryce	1949	Welsh racecar driver
142	Tom McGrath	1964	American film director, animator, and voice actor
143	Tom Petersson	1950	American musician
144	Tom Allen	1983	Comedian
145	Tom Keifer	1961	American musician
146	Tom Conway	1904	British actor
147	Tom Hamilton	1951	American rock musician
148	Tom Ridge	1945	American politician, Pennsylvania governor and Secretary of Homeland Security
149	Tom Tryon	1926	Film actor, television actor, writer
150	Tom Udall	1948	American politician
151	Tom Harkin	1939	American politician
152	Tom Tykwer	1965	German film director, screenwriter, film producer and film composer
153	Tom Burlinson	1956	Australian actor and singer
154	Tom Atkins	1935	American actor
155	Tom Werner	1950	American television producer, screenwriter, director, and businessman
156	Tom Johnston	1948	American musician
157	Tom Phillips		American wrestling announcer
158	Tom Leykis	1956	Radio Host
159	Thomas Crean	1877	Irish explorer
160	Tom Brooke	1978	English actor
161	Tom Shadyac	1958	American film director
162	Tom Platz	1955	American professional bodybuilder
163	Tom Burnett	1963	Vice president and COO of a Pleasanton, California, medical devices company, Thoratec Corporation
164	Tom Ward	1971	Actor
165	Tom Perriello	1974	U.S. politician
166	Tom Cairney	1991	Footballer
167	Tom Foley	1929	American politician
168	Tom Coburn	1948	Medical doctor, politician
169	Tom Verlaine	1949	Musician, vocalist, producer
170	Tom Joyner	1949	American radio host
171	Tom Chambers	1959	American former star NBA professional basketball player
172	Tom Evans	1947	British musician
173	Tom Clarke	1857	Irish revolutionary leader
174	Tom Papa	1968	American comedian, actor
175	Tom Perrotta	1961	American novelist and screenwriter
176	Tom Bradby	1967	British journalist and novelist
177	Tom McHale	1963	Player of American football
178	Tom Lester	1938	American actor and evangelist
179	Tom Bailey	1954	British singer-songwriter
180	Tom Ketchum	1863	American gunman
181	Tom Boonen	1980	Belgian road bicycle racer
182	Tom Bell	1933	English actor on stage, film and television
183	Tom Robinson	1950	British musician
184	Tom Meighan	1981	British singer
185	Tom Rob Smith	1979	English novelist
186	Tom Scharpling	1969	American comedian
187	Tom Thacker	1977	Canadian musician
188	Tom Schilling	1982	German television and film actor
189	Tom Paxton	1937	American folk singer and singer-songwriter
190	Tom Rodriguez	1987	American-Filipino singer
191	Tom Paris		Fictional human
192	Tom Weston-Jones	1987	British actor
193	Tom Starke	1981	German footballer
194	Thomas Mulcair	1954	Canadian lawyer and politician
195	Tom Cunningham
196	Tom McGowan	1959	Actor
197	Tom Ewell	1909	American actor
198	Tom Davis	1952	Comedian
199	Tom Irwin	1956	American actor
200	Tom Kennedy	1927	American game show host