Tom (given name)
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| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Aramaic |
| Origin | |
| Derivation | Thomas |
Tom is mostly used as a diminutive of Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name. In modern Hebrew, the name Tom (Hebrew: תם, תום) is used as a unisex name, with the meaning of "innocence, naivety, simplicity" or "the end.”
The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name.
Notable people who use the diminutive
- Tom (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Tom Adams (actor), English actor
- Tom Anderson (disambiguation)
- Rimi Tomy
- Tomy Winata
- Abhilash Tomy
- Thommy Berggren
- Tomy Dunster
- Thommy Price
- Erik Thommy
- Tomy Tutor
- Thomy Lafon
- Tom Baker (disambiguation)
- Tom Bell, multiple people
- Tom Bergeron, American television personality and game show host
- Tom Bosley, American actor
- Tom Brady, American football player best known for playing with the New England Patriots
- Tom Brokaw, American anchor for NBC
- Tom Cassell, British Youtuber
- Tom Chaplin, British singer of band Keane
- Tom Clancy, American author
- Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer/songwriter
- Tom Cotter (disambiguation)
- Tom Cotton, American politician
- Tom Cruise (disambiguation)
- Tom Cutler, Australian rules footballer
- Tom Daly (disambiguation)
- Tom DeLay, American politician
- Tom DeLonge, American musician
- Tom Dwan, American poker player
- Tom Ellis (actor), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
- Tom Evans (musician) (1947–1983), English musician and songwriter, member of the band Badfinger
- Tom Felton, English actor and singer
- Tom Fletcher (disambiguation)
- Tom Gamboa, American baseball coach and manager
- Tom Gilson, American actor
- Tom Gilson (American football), American football
- Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor
- Tom Green (disambiguation)
- Tom Hagen, Norwegian businessman
- Tom Hanks, American film actor
- Tom Hardy (disambiguation)
- Tom Hiddleston, English actor
- Tom Holland (disambiguation)
- Tom Hopper, English actor
- Tom Humble, Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Tom Jordan, Irish actor
- Tom Jones (disambiguation)
- Tom Kane, American voice actor
- Tom Kennedy (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tom Kenny (disambiguation)
- Tom Kingston, Australian rugby union player
- Tom Kingston (rugby league), Australian rugby league player
- Tom Konyves, Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
- Tom Leppard, English surfer
- Tom Maden, American actor
- Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
- Tom McLaury, Wild West gunfighter
- Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster
- Tom Mix, American cowboy actor
- Tomm Moore, Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
- Tom Morello, American guitarist from Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave
- Oswald 'Tom' Mosley, English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
- Tom O'Carroll, British paedophilia advocate
- Tom Odell, British singer
- Tom Okker (born 1944), Dutch tennis player; world # 3
- Tom Parker (disambiguation)
- Tom Pratt (American football), American football coach
- Tom Peck, American Racing driver
- Tom Petty, American musician and singer-songwriter
- Tom Poston, American actor
- Tom Rehder, American football player
- Tom Riddle, fictional Harry Potter series villain
- Tom Rockliff, Australian rules footballer
- Tom Selleck, American actor and film producer
- Tom Simpson (disambiguation)
- Tom Smothers, American comedian, composer, and musician
- Tom Stolhandske, American football player
- Tom Symonds, Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer
- Tom Thumb, character of English folklore
- Tom Tsuchiya, American sculptor
- Tom Verlaine, American guitarist for the punk band Television
- Tom Vu, Vietnamese-American poker player, real estate investor and speaker
- Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
- Tom Welling, American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville
- Tom Wolf, American politician
- Tom Yaacobov (born 1992), Israeli triple jumper
- Tom Zé, Brazilian singer‐songwriter
Notable people with given name
- Tom Boonen, Belgian cyclist
- Tom Kaulitz, guitarist of band Tokio Hotel
- Tom Palumbo, Italian born, American photographer
- Tom Segev, Israeli historian, author, and journalist
- Tom Tykwer, German film director
- Tom Veen, Dutch politician
See also
- All pages with titles beginning with Tom
- All pages with titles containing Tom
- Tom (disambiguation)
- Tó, nicknames
- Ton (given name)
- Tommy (disambiguation)
- Thomas (name)
- Tomas (disambiguation)
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