Tomas

See also: tomas, tomás, Tomás, Tomàs, and Tomáš

Cebuano

Etymology

From Spanish Tomás, from Ancient Greek Θωμᾶς (Thōmâs), the Biblical Greek transcription of Aramaic תאומא‎ (te'oma, “twin”).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: to‧mas

Proper noun

Tomas

  1. a male given name
  2. (biblical) Thomas

Danish

Proper noun

Tomas

  1. A male given name, variant spelling of Thomas.

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Proper noun

Tomas

  1. A male given name, spelling of Thomas.

Lithuanian

Proper noun

Tomas

  1. A male given name, cognate and equivalent to Thomas.

Norwegian

Proper noun

Tomas

  1. Thomas (biblical character)
  2. A male given name of biblical origin, today usually spelled Thomas.

Swedish

Proper noun

Tomas c (genitive Tomas)

  1. Thomas (biblical character)
  2. A male given name, often also spelled Thomas.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 33 505 males with the given name Tomas (compared to 59 976 named Thomas) living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1960s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

Tagalog

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish Tomás.

Proper noun

Tomás

  1. (biblical) Thomas
  2. A male given name, equivalent to English Thomas
  3. A surname​, notably borne by:

Statistics

According to data collected by Forebears in 2014, Tomas is the 336th most common surname in the Philippines, occurring at 24,103 individuals.

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