Thomas
Thomas means Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name.
Meaning as commonly given; not from a dictionary.
| Gender | boy |
| Origin | Malayalam |
| Language | Malayalam |
| Starts with | T |
Names with a similar meaning
Names that share a word with “Twin, Kerala Syrian Christian foremost name”. Meanings are the common reading rather than a ruling — the same name is often glossed differently by different sources.
- Philip — Lover of horses, Kerala Syrian Christian name
- Eldho — Kerala Syrian Christian name, God is my strength
- Pratham — n. foremost, first (in time or in a series or in rank)
- Prathamesh — Meanings families give: First lord, Ganesha who is worshipped before all; First lord, Lord Ganesh the foremost
- Mithun — Meanings families give: Twin, a pair, the zodiac sign of Gemini; Union, pairing; the zodiac Gemini; Gemini, a pair, united; popular Kerala name
- Yami — N. of Yama's twin-sister (who is identified in Post-vedic mythology with the river-goddess Yamunā)
More boys' names of Malayalam origin
- Mohammed — Praised, the Prophet; prominent Mappila name
- Mathew — Gift of God, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Joseph — God increases, prominent Kerala Christian name
- Jose — God will add, popular Kerala Latin Christian name
- Unnikrishnan — Meanings families give: Young Krishna; Baby Krishna, infant form of the divine
- Aadithyan — Son of the sun, solar deity
Where this comes from
Thomas has no entry in the classical Sanskrit dictionary we check against, which is common for modern and non-Sanskrit names. Its meaning comes from our compiled name corpus, the least-sourced dataset on this site — we say so plainly on Sources & methodology rather than implying an authority we cannot name.