Name: Tom
Gender: Male
Usage: Tom, of aramaic origin, is a very popular first name. It is more often used as a boy (male) name.
People having the name Tom are in general originating from Australia, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Netherlands, Norway, Switzerland, United Kingdom, United States of America.
Variants: For another variant of the name Tom across the world, see Thomas.
Meaning: The meaning of the name Tom is: Twin, Derives from Thomas twin.
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Numerology of the first name Tom: calculate the core numbers of your numerology chart to discover your numerological profile and your personality traits.
The Growth number corresponding to this first name is 3. It denotes a pattern that assists you in growth and development: expressive, imaginative, sociable, jovial, positive, optimistic, artistic.
Interpretation:
Qualities: Creative, Light-Hearted
Ruling planet: Jupiter
Colors: Purple, Lilac, Mauve
Gemstones: Amethyst
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The name Tom is ranked on the 50th position of the most used names. It means that this name is very frequently used.
We estimate that there are at least 7017500 persons in the world having this name which is around 0.097% of the population. The name Tom has three characters. It means that it is relatively short-length, compared to the other names in our database.
The graph below represents the number of people who were given the name Tom for each year since 1900 in the U.S.A.:
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History and Origin
Tom is mostly used as a diminutive of Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia "Tom" is in use as a formal given name.
The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name (תום).
English: short form of Thomas, in use since the Middle Ages, and recorded as an independent name since the 18th century.
Pet form: Tommy.
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