Talk:Thomas (given name)

On 21 January 2026, it was proposed that this article be moved from Thomas (name) to Thomas (given name). The result of the discussion was moved.

Origin of Name

Could the name not come from the Greek θαυμα or θωμα in the Ionic dialect, meaning "wonder" or "marvel?" This is what I always assumed the origin was.

Vandalism

This was at the bottom I don't think anyone blames me for removing it "* Gibberish language:eopfmoemfsef (pronounced Tomdom!!!!!Woo!!!Thats Meee)" --Tomvasseur (talk) 15:20, 17 November 2008 (UTC)[reply]

I think that the word comes from the aramaic language, but not used for a name. It is the greek word θωμας as a transkription from the aramaic being used to call persons. --89.210.112.132 (talk) 21:07, 15 March 2010 (UTC)[reply]

King Thomas

Just curious. I couldn't find any reference to a king with the name Thomas. Plenty of dukes, at least one prince (Prince Thomas, Duke of Genoa), but hasn't there ever been a King Thomas? TomS TDotO (talk) 12:09, 12 December 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Proposed merge tag removed

It was placed on the article in April with no comment or discussion on the talk page. I have removed it. Ifnord (talk) 21:20, 6 December 2018 (UTC)[reply]

Move discussion in progress

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Requested move 21 January 2026

The following is a closed discussion of a requested move. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made in a new section on the talk page. Editors desiring to contest the closing decision should consider a move review after discussing it on the closer's talk page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.

The result of the move request was: moved. (non-admin closure) Thanks, Glasspalace (talk • contribs) 05:57, 28 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Thomas (name) → Thomas (given name) – Disambiguate from Thomas (surname). GilaMonster536 (talk) 20:47, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

Support --Altenmann >talk 22:26, 21 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom. Clearly ambiguous. -- Necrothesp (talk) 11:20, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support per WP:APOAT, the given name has 4,554 views compared with only 833[[1]] for the surname and the given name is probably more common but not significantly more. Crouch, Swale (talk) 20:44, 22 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]
Support per nom.--Ortizesp (talk) 19:59, 25 January 2026 (UTC)[reply]

The discussion above is closed. Please do not modify it. Subsequent comments should be made on the appropriate discussion page. No further edits should be made to this discussion.