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Usage: English, French, German,
Scandinavian, Biblical
Pronounced: TAHM-as (English), to-MA (French), TOM-ahs
(German)
Greek form of the Aramaic name Te'oma which meant "twin".
In the New Testament he was the apostle who doubted the resurrected
Jesus. According to tradition he was martyred in India. Famous
bearers of this name include philosopher and theologian Saint
Thomas Aquinas, philosopher Thomas Hobbes, inventor Thomas
Edison, American president Thomas Jefferson, and novelist
Thomas Hardy.
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