Tom
A boys’ name of Aramaic origin, meaning twin; diminutive of Thomas.
Tom by the numbers
In 2025, 31 babies in England and Wales were named Tom. In the US, 87 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 5,063 babies in 1959, so it is a 1950s name that has since fallen a long way.
Other names that come from Thomas
Like Tom, each of these traces back to Thomas: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Thomastwin1,344 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tomastwin; variant of Thomas79 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tommietwin; a form of Thomas27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tomostwin; Welsh form of Thomas49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tommitwin; a form of Thomas8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tommasotwin; Italian form of Thomas18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tavishtwin; a form of Thomas9 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tomasztwin; polish form of Thomas8 in England and Wales (2025)
Names that come from Tom
Forms of Tom in other languages, names built from it, and names that mean a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tom. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Timhonoring god; a form of timothy52 in the US (2017)
- Tomimy God is worthy of praise; a form of Thomas27 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tampalm tree; a form of Tamar16 in the US (2017)
- Tomatwin; a form of Thomas7 in England and Wales (2025)
- Toawarrior; brave12 in the US (2017)
- Torthunder; associated with Thor8 in the US (2017)