Thomas

Thomas comes from the Aramaic name Toma, meaning twin, which was rendered in Greek as Thomas and carried into Latin and subsequently into nearly every major European language. In the New Testament, Thomas is one of the twelve apostles, famously known for doubting the resurrection of Jesus, and this biblical prominence drove the name's widespread adoption across Christendom. Saint Thomas Becket, the martyred Archbishop of Canterbury, and the philosopher Thomas Aquinas further cemented its prestige in medieval Europe. Common variants and cognates include Tomas, Tomás, Tommaso, Tomasz, and the short forms Tom and Tommy.