Tom - Origin and Meaning of the name

[ 1 syll. tom, to-m ] The boy name Tom is pronounced as TAAM ^KEY. Tom is mainly used in the English, French, and German languages. Its language of origin is Aramaic. Tom is a short form of the English, French, German, and Scandinavian name Thomas.

Tom is an uncommon baby boy name. In 1900, 0.290% of baby boys were given the name Tom. It had a ranking of #52 then. The baby name has steeply declined in popularity since then, and is today used on a very modest scale. In 2008, within the family of boy names directly linked to Tom, the English, French, German, and Scandinavian Thomas was the most popular.

Baby names that sound like Tom include the Dutch and English Thom, the English Tomm, the English and Scottish Tam, the Frisian and German Tamme, the Vietnamese and English Tan, the English Tann, the name Tem, the English Thain, the English Thaine, the English Thane, the English Thayne, the Vietnamese Tien, the English and German Tim, the German and English Timm, the German Timme, the Portuguese Tome, the English Tone, the Dutch Twan, the name Taman, and the English Tammen.

Details of famous persons named Tom:
Actor Tom Bosley, born 1 October 1927, Chicago, Illinois.
Actor Tom Cruise, born Thomas Cruise Mapother IV 3 July 1962, Syracuse, New York.
Actor Tom Felton, born 22 September 1987, London, England.
Actor Tom Hanks, born 9 July 1956, Concord, California.
Actor Tom Welling, born 26 April 1977, Putnam Valley, New York.
Author Tom Clancy, born 12 April 1947, Baltimore, Maryland.
Cartoonist Tom Toles, Buffalo, New York.
Comedian Tom Green, born 30 July 1971, Pembroke, Ontario, Canada.
Fictional Villain Lord Voldemort, born Tom Marvolo Riddle 1997.
Footballer Tom Brady, born 3 August 1977, San Mateo, California.

^KEY: Pronunciation for Tom: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)"

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