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Thompson - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Thompson

[ 2 syll. (t)hom-(p)son, th-omps-on ] The boy name Thompson is pronounced TAAMPSahN or TAAMSahN KEY. Thompson's origin is Aramaic, and its use, English. Thompson is a variant form of the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas.

Thompson is unusual as a baby name for boys. It is not ranked within the top 1000 names. Within the group of boy names directly linked to Thompson, the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas was the most regularly used in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Thompson include the English names Timkin, Tomkin, and Tennyson.

KEY: Pronunciation for Thompson: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; P as in "pee (P.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)" ; T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


 
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