as a First Name
New Testament name, borne by one of Christ's twelve apostles, referred to as ‘Thomas, called Didymus’ (John 11:16; 20:24). Didymos is the Greek word for ‘twin’, and the name is the Greek form of an Aramaic byname meaning ‘twin’. The given name has always been popular throughout Christendom, in part because St Thomas's doubts have made him seem a very human character.
| 9th in the U.S. for 2011 |
Nicknames & variations
Quick facts
- Millions
- of people in the U.S have this name
- 1,881,427
- to be exact (as of February 2011)
- 2,188,783
- if you include dead people (since the government started keeping track)
- Wisconsin
- has the most people named Thomas per capita
- 1951
- marked the height of its popularity
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35%
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