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Biography of Thomas - Religious Leaders
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Thomas was not a Biblical given name, but originated from the Aramaic designation תום or Tôm. The meaning of the name is "twin", and in the New Testament the designation was applied to Judas Thomas, "Jude the Twin" who was venerated as Thomas (apostle)|Saint Thomas the Apostle. The name "Thomas" was not very popular until the 12th century, after the martyrdom of Thomas à Becket. However, in recent centuries the name has lost what religious sense that it held. All the notable people who had the first name "Thomas" are too numerous to list here, see the list of people by name: Tho#Thomas. People known by the same and only first name include: * Thomas (apostle)|Thomas, the apostle * Thomas Aquinas|Thomas of Aquinas * Thomas of Erceldoune * Tommaso da Celano|Thomas of Celano * Thomas à Kempis|Thomas of Kempis * Thomas, Earl of Lancaster * Thomas of Woodstock * Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby People with the same last name: * John Thomas (several) * George Thomas (several) * Frank Thomas (several) * Edward Thomas (several) * Charles Thomas (several) * Oldfield Thomas * Dylan Thomas * Clarence Thomas * Ambroise Thomas * George Henry Thomas * Ronald Stuart Thomas * Norman Thomas * Olive Thomas * Lewis Thomas * Dave Thomas * E. Donnall Thomas * Helen Thomas * Andrew Thomas * Richard Thomas * Lowell Thomas * B. J. Thomas * Danny Thomas * Isiah Thomas * Michael Thomas * Henry Thomas * Philip Michael Thomas * Jake Thomas * Thurman Thomas * Albert Thomas * Llewellyn Thomas|Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992), English and American physicist Other uses of the name: * Thomas the Tank Engine (fictional steam engine) * THOMAS (database)|THOMAS (Internet Database of US Congress legislative information) Places: * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, West Virginia There are also places called Thomaston and Thomasville. ==Variants== * Belarusian language|Belarusian: Тамаш (Tamash) * Bulgarian language|Bulgarian: Тома (Toma) * Catalan language|Catalan: Tomà s * Croatian language|Croatian and Romanian language|Romanian: Toma * Czech language|Czech and Slovak language|Slovak: Tomáš * English language|English: Tom and Thom * Estonian language|Estonian: Toomas * Finnish language|Finnish: Tuomas * Hungarian language|Hungarian: Tamás * Icelandic language|Icelandic: Tómas * Italian language|Italian: Tommaso * Japanese language|Japanese: トマス (Tomasu) * Polish language|Polish: Tomasz * Russian language|Russian: Фома (Foma) * Serbian language|Serbian: Тома/Toma * Slovenian language|Slovenian: Tomaž * Spanish language|Spanish: Tomás * Irish language|Gaeilge: Tomás
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Biography of Thomas - Biblical Figures
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Thomas was not a Biblical given name, but originated from the Aramaic designation תום or Tôm. The meaning of the name is "twin", and in the New Testament the designation was applied to Judas Thomas, "Jude the Twin" who was venerated as Thomas (apostle)|Saint Thomas the Apostle. The name "Thomas" was not very popular until the 12th century, after the martyrdom of Thomas à Becket. However, in recent centuries the name has lost what religious sense that it held. All the notable people who had the first name "Thomas" are too numerous to list here, see the list of people by name: Tho#Thomas. People known by the same and only first name include: * Thomas (apostle)|Thomas, the apostle * Thomas Aquinas|Thomas of Aquinas * Thomas of Erceldoune * Tommaso da Celano|Thomas of Celano * Thomas à Kempis|Thomas of Kempis * Thomas, Earl of Lancaster * Thomas of Woodstock * Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby People with the same last name: * John Thomas (several) * George Thomas (several) * Frank Thomas (several) * Edward Thomas (several) * Charles Thomas (several) * Oldfield Thomas * Dylan Thomas * Clarence Thomas * Ambroise Thomas * George Henry Thomas * Ronald Stuart Thomas * Norman Thomas * Olive Thomas * Lewis Thomas * Dave Thomas * E. Donnall Thomas * Helen Thomas * Andrew Thomas * Richard Thomas * Lowell Thomas * B. J. Thomas * Danny Thomas * Isiah Thomas * Michael Thomas * Henry Thomas * Philip Michael Thomas * Jake Thomas * Thurman Thomas * Albert Thomas * Llewellyn Thomas|Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992), English and American physicist Other uses of the name: * Thomas the Tank Engine (fictional steam engine) * THOMAS (database)|THOMAS (Internet Database of US Congress legislative information) Places: * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, West Virginia There are also places called Thomaston and Thomasville. ==Variants== * Belarusian language|Belarusian: Тамаш (Tamash) * Bulgarian language|Bulgarian: Тома (Toma) * Catalan language|Catalan: Tomà s * Croatian language|Croatian and Romanian language|Romanian: Toma * Czech language|Czech and Slovak language|Slovak: Tomáš * English language|English: Tom and Thom * Estonian language|Estonian: Toomas * Finnish language|Finnish: Tuomas * Hungarian language|Hungarian: Tamás * Icelandic language|Icelandic: Tómas * Italian language|Italian: Tommaso * Japanese language|Japanese: トマス (Tomasu) * Polish language|Polish: Tomasz * Russian language|Russian: Фома (Foma) * Serbian language|Serbian: Тома/Toma * Slovenian language|Slovenian: Tomaž * Spanish language|Spanish: Tomás * Irish language|Gaeilge: Tomás
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Biography of Thomas - Biblical Figures
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Thomas was not a Biblical given name, but originated from the Aramaic designation תום or Tôm. The meaning of the name is "twin", and in the New Testament the designation was applied to Judas Thomas, "Jude the Twin" who was venerated as Thomas (apostle)|Saint Thomas the Apostle. The name "Thomas" was not very popular until the 12th century, after the martyrdom of Thomas à Becket. However, in recent centuries the name has lost what religious sense that it held. All the notable people who had the first name "Thomas" are too numerous to list here, see the list of people by name: Tho#Thomas. People known by the same and only first name include: * Thomas (apostle)|Thomas, the apostle * Thomas Aquinas|Thomas of Aquinas * Thomas of Erceldoune * Tommaso da Celano|Thomas of Celano * Thomas à Kempis|Thomas of Kempis * Thomas, Earl of Lancaster * Thomas of Woodstock * Thomas, Lord Grey of Groby People with the same last name: * John Thomas (several) * George Thomas (several) * Frank Thomas (several) * Edward Thomas (several) * Charles Thomas (several) * Oldfield Thomas * Dylan Thomas * Clarence Thomas * Ambroise Thomas * George Henry Thomas * Ronald Stuart Thomas * Norman Thomas * Olive Thomas * Lewis Thomas * Dave Thomas * E. Donnall Thomas * Helen Thomas * Andrew Thomas * Richard Thomas * Lowell Thomas * B. J. Thomas * Danny Thomas * Isiah Thomas * Michael Thomas * Henry Thomas * Philip Michael Thomas * Jake Thomas * Thurman Thomas * Albert Thomas * Llewellyn Thomas|Llewellyn Hilleth Thomas (1903-1992), English and American physicist Other uses of the name: * Thomas the Tank Engine (fictional steam engine) * THOMAS (database)|THOMAS (Internet Database of US Congress legislative information) Places: * Thomas, Oklahoma * Thomas, West Virginia There are also places called Thomaston and Thomasville. ==Variants== * Belarusian language|Belarusian: Тамаш (Tamash) * Bulgarian language|Bulgarian: Тома (Toma) * Catalan language|Catalan: Tomà s * Croatian language|Croatian and Romanian language|Romanian: Toma * Czech language|Czech and Slovak language|Slovak: Tomáš * English language|English: Tom and Thom * Estonian language|Estonian: Toomas * Finnish language|Finnish: Tuomas * Hungarian language|Hungarian: Tamás * Icelandic language|Icelandic: Tómas * Italian language|Italian: Tommaso * Japanese language|Japanese: トマス (Tomasu) * Polish language|Polish: Tomasz * Russian language|Russian: Фома (Foma) * Serbian language|Serbian: Тома/Toma * Slovenian language|Slovenian: Tomaž * Spanish language|Spanish: Tomás * Irish language|Gaeilge: Tomás
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