Tomas

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Tomasz in PL Poland, NO Norway, GB United Kingdom and 3 more, Toms in US United States, Toma in BD Bangladesh and Thomas in GR Greece.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Tomas is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Catalan given name86K records spelled Tomas6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Spain, Andorra

  Also written Tomàs, Tomás, Toḿas, Tomáš, Tom̀as

• a separate given name41K records spelled Tomas13 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Ecuador, Ethiopia, Spain

  Also written Tomás, Tomáš, Tomàs, Tómas, Toḿas

• French given name39K records spelled Tomas9 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Spain, Belgium

  Also written Tomás, Tomàs, Tomáš, Tómas, Tòmas

• Finnish given name22K records spelled Tomas12 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Finland, Sweden, United States, Estonia

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Tomás, Tomáš, Tõmas, Tomaš, TomÃs

• English surname11K records spelled Tomas180 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, United Kingdom, Australia, Thailand

  Languages: English, Thai, Lao

  Also written Osborne, Thomas, Tommy, Tomás, โทมัส

73 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Tomas is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In French, Variante de Thomas, du grec Thomas, « jumeau »; forme étrangère usuelle.

  as a name·Dictionnaire généalogique des prénoms

• In English, A twin form of Thomas

  as a name·Baby names, 25,350 baby names nicknames for your family, friends pets, including the top 100 names, 2,000 most popular…

• In Italian, Variante di Tommasi

  as a name·Dizionario dei cognomi italiani

• In Russian, Tomas Krupka, officer. Recorded in 1567.

  as a word·A Dictionary of Period Russian Names (Wickenden / Goldschmidt 1996)

• In Azerbaijani, A transliteration of the English male given name Thomas

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 146 years between 1880–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Thomas Paineb. 1737USnot in their usual nameAmerican Founding Father, philosopher, and political activist (1737–1809)
• Thomas Jeffersonb. 1743USnot in their usual nameFounding Father, U.S. president from 1801 to 1809 (1743–1826)
• Thomas Malthusb. 1766GBnot in their usual nameBritish political economist (1766–1834)
• Thomas Carlyleb. 1795GBnot in their usual nameScottish essayist, historian and philosopher (1795–1881)
• Thomas Hardyb. 1840GBnot in their usual nameEnglish novelist and poet (1840–1928)
• Tennessee Williamsb. 1911USnot in their usual nameAmerican playwright (1911–1983)
• Dale T. Mortensenb. 1939USnot in their usual nameAmerican economist (1939–2014)
• Thomas J. Sargentb. 1943USnot in their usual nameAmerican economist (born 1943)
• Tom Clancyb. 1947USnot in their usual nameAmerican author (1947–2013)
• Evan Spiegelb. 1990USnot in their usual nameAmerican businessman (born 1990)

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,356 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Tomas?

We estimate roughly 3.0 million people bear Tomas (counting its spellings and scripts) across 12 countries in our records.

In which country does Tomas have the most bearers?

Tomas is most frequently recorded in Argentina, where it is most often spelled tomas.

Where is Tomas most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Tomas is densest in the Czechia — about 1 in 29 people — even though Argentina holds more of our records for it.

How common is Tomas compared with other names?

In Argentina, Tomas is the 95th most common given name of 517,176 given names recorded there.

Is Tomas a male or female name?

Tomas is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Tomas mean?

Recorded meaning: forma arcaica ou redução de Tomaso.