Thomas

Thomas comes from the Aramaic name Toma, meaning twin, which was transliterated into Greek as Thomas and subsequently adopted into Latin and then into virtually every European language. Its most famous bearer is the apostle Thomas in the New Testament, also called Didymus, the Greek word for twin, whose association with doubt and later missionary work in India gave the name enduring religious significance. The name spread widely throughout medieval Christendom, boosted by figures such as Thomas Becket and Thomas Aquinas. Closely related forms include the Scottish Tam, the Scandinavian Tomas, and the diminutives Tom and Tommy.