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Tomas - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Tomas

[ 2 syll. to-mas, tom-as ] The boy name Tomas is pronounced as TowMAAS KEY. Tomas is used chiefly in the Portuguese, Scandinavian, and Spanish languages. It is derived from Aramaic origins. Tomas is a form of the name Thomas (English, French, German, and Scandinavian).

Tomas is a classic favorite. At present it is still rather popular as a baby boy name, but not as much as it was in the past. The name's popularity has been growing since the 1910s. Its usage peaked in 2003 with 0.026% of baby boys being given the name Tomas. It had a ranking of #468 then. In 2008, its usage was 0.022% and its ranking #551. Among the family of boy names directly linked to Tomas, Thomas (English, French, German, and Scandinavian) was the most widely used. In 2008, it was more frequently used than Tomas by 17 times.

Baby names that sound like Tomas include Tomás (Czech and Irish), Tòmas (Scottish), Tamas (Hungarian), Tamás (Hungarian), Tamus (English), Tanas (Russian), Tanek (German and Polish), Tàmhas (Scottish), Teunis (Dutch), Thanos (Greek), Thomas (English, French, German, and Scandinavian), Thonus (Dutch), Thumas (French), Timaeus (English and German), Timeus (English and German), Timka (Russian), Timok (Russian), Tinus (Dutch), Tomasz (Polish), and Tomek (Polish).

KEY: English pronunciation for Tomas: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; OW as in "oat (OW.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)" ; S as in "sea (S.IY)"


 
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