Tomas

Meaning: Twin
Origin: Aramaic — Spanish form of Thomas

Boy's name · #691 in the US (2025) · Trending

Popularity over time

Tomas is climbing: on the charts since 1880, it is ranked #691 in 2025, with about 390 boys given the name last year. Roughly 31,000 have carried it all-time. In all that time it has never once missed a year of the national records.

Across the states

See where Tomas is more common.

Appears in 2020-2025 birth records of 27 states. See the full state-by-state map on this page.

Around the world

Tomas is especially popular in Portugal.

#5 in Portugal (2023) · #6 in Slovakia (2025, through 10 Dec 2025) · #12 in Czechia (2025) · #95 in Ireland (2025) · #96 in Spain (2024) · #138 in N. Ireland (2025) · #251 in Switzerland (2025) · #260 in Ecuador (2025) · #263 in Puerto Rico (2025) · #280 in Mexico (2024) · #385 in Sweden (2025) · #389 in Norway (2025) and 12 more.

Famous Tomases

Tomas Tranströmer — Swedish poet and psychologist (1931–2015)
Tomáš Garrigue Masaryk — Czechoslovak politician, statesman, sociologist and philosopher; first Czechoslovak president (1850–1937)
Tomas Lindahl — Nobel prize winning Swedish biologist (born 1938)
Tomás Luis de Victoria — Spanish composer (c. 1548–1611)
Tomáš Rosický — Czech footballer (born 1980)
Tomás de Torquemada — Grand Inquisitor of Spain (1420–1498)
Tomáš Souček — Czech footballer (born 1995)
Tomáš Berdych — Czech tennis player (born 1985)
Tomas Brolin — Swedish footballer (born 1969)
Tomas Milian — Cuban-Italian-American actor (1933–2017)

In stories & tradition

Tomas — The Riftwar Saga (novel series)
Tomás Manrique — La saga, negocio de familia (TV series)
Tomás Fritzenwalden^it — Floricienta (TV series)

What Tomases become

Among 5,833 notable people named Tomas:

Medical professionals appear 1.58× more often than among typical names — e.g. Tomáš Julínek, Czech physician and former health minister (born 1956).

Similar names: Tommy · Sterling · Toby · Valentin · Jonas · Felix

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