Tom (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Male |
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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.
Disambiguation pages
[edit]- Tom Anderson (disambiguation)
- Tom Arnold, a disambiguation page
- Tom Baker (disambiguation)
- Thomas Bell (disambiguation)
- Tom Cochran, a disambiguation page
- Tom Cotter (disambiguation)
- Tom Daly (disambiguation)
- Tom Fletcher (disambiguation)
- Tom Holland (disambiguation)
- Tom Kennedy (disambiguation)
- Tom Kenny (disambiguation)
- Tom Murphy (disambiguation)
- Tom Parker (disambiguation)
- Tom Simpson (disambiguation)
Sportsmen
[edit]- Tom (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
- Tom (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
- Tom Ashworth (born 1977), American former football offensive tackle
- Tom Aspinall (born 1993), English professional mixed martial artist
- Tom Berry (rugby union) (1911–1993), English rugby union player and administrator
- Tom Brady (born 1977), American football player best known for playing with the New England Patriots
- Tom Brandi (born 1966), American professional wrestler
- Tom Browning (1960–2022), American professional baseball pitcher
- Tom Cannon (1852–19??), British professional wrestler
- Tom Cannon (born 2002), English is a professional footballer
- Tom Cutler (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
- Tom Daley (born 1994), English diver
- Tom Dradiga (born 1996), Ugandan middle-distance runner
- Tom Drake (wrestler) (1930–2017), American professional wrestler
- Tom Dwan (born 1986), American poker player
- Tom Gamboa (born 1948), American baseball coach and manager
- Tom Gilson (American football) (born 1988), American football
- Tom Gordon (born 1967), American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher and current radio color commentator
- Tom Hardy (soccer), American soccer defender
- Tom Heinsohn (1934–2020), American professional basketball player
- Tom Hoover (basketball) (born 1941), American former professional basketball player
- Tom Hubert (born 1964), American road course racer
- Tom Humble (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Jenkins (baseball) (1898–1979), American baseball player
- Tom Jenkins (golfer) (born 1947), American golfer
- Tom Jenkins (wrestler) (1872–1957), American professional wrestler
- Tom Kingston (rugby union) (born 1991), Australian rugby union player
- Tom Landry (1924–2000), American Football coach for the Dallas Cowboys
- Tom Lawlor, (born 1983), American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist
- Tom Leppard (1936–2016), English soldier best known as the most tattooed senior citizen
- Tom Magee (born 1958), Canadian powerlifter and pro wrestler
- Tom Maayan (born 1993), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
- Tom McKean (born 1963), Scottish former middle distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990
- Tom Mees (1949–1996), American sports broadcaster
- Tom Murphy (catcher) (born 1991), American baseball player
- Tom Okker (born 1944), Dutch tennis player
- Tom Paradise, American geomorphologist
- Tom Peck (born 1953), American racing driver
- Tom Platz (born 1955), American retired professional bodybuilder
- Tom Pratt (American football) (born 1935), American football coach
- Tom Prichard (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler
- Tom Prince (bodybuilder) (1968–2022), American professional bodybuilder
- Tom Rehder (born 1965), American football player
- Tom Reuveny (born 2000), Israeli Olympic champion windsurfing sailor
- Tom Rockliff (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
- Tom Sellers (athlete), American wheelchair racer
- Tom Stolhandske (born 1931), American football player
- Tom Stone, American retired professional wrestler
- Tom Sunkel (1912–2002), American professional baseball player
- Tom Symonds (born 1989), Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Tavares (born 1987), Cape Verdean footballer
- Tom Trbojevic (born 1996), Australian rugby league player
- Tom Vu (born 1957), Vietnamese American poker player, real estate investor and speaker
- Tom Watson (fighter) (born 1982), English mixed martial artist
- Tom Yaacobov (born 1992), Israeli triple jumper
- Tom Zenk (1958–2017), American professional wrestler and bodybuilder
Politicians
[edit]- Oswald 'Tom' Mosley (1896–1980), English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
- Tom Cotton (born 1977), American politician
- Tom DeLay (born 1947), American politician
- Tom Determann (born 1950), American politician
- Tom Lukiwski (born 1951), Canadian politician
- Tom Mulcair (born 1954), Canadian politician and former leader of the Opposition
- Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen (born 1982), Dutch politician
- Tom Veen (1942–2014), Dutch politician
- Tom Wolf (born 1948), American politician
Personalities
[edit]- Tom Bergeron (born 1955), American television personality and game show host
- Tom Holkenborg (born 1967), Dutch DJ previously known as Junkie XL
- Tom Scott (presenter), British YouTuber
- Tom Westman (born 1964), American firefighter and television personality
- Thomas Ridgewell (born 1990), British YouTuber and voice actor
Actors
[edit]- Tom Adams (actor) (1938–2014), English actor
- Tom Blyth (born 1995), English actor best known for playing young Coriolanus Snow on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
- Tom Bosley (1927–2010), American actor
- Tom Cassell (born 1993), British Youtuber
- Tom Cruise (born 1962), American actor
- Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1978), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
- Tom Felton (born 1987), English actor and singer
- Tom Gilson (1934–1962), American actor
- Tom Glynn-Carney (born 1995), English actor
- Tom Green (born 1971), Canadian actor and comedian
- Tom Hanks (born 1956), American film actor
- Tom Hardy (born 1977), English actor
- Tom Hiddleston (born 1981), English actor
- Tom Holland (born 1996), English actor
- Tom Hopper (born 1985), English actor
- Tom Jordan (1937–2019), Irish actor
- Tom Kane (born 1962), American voice actor
- Tom Kenny (born 1962), American voice actor
- Tom Lister (born 1978), English actor
- Tom Maden, American actor
- Tom Mix (1880–1940), American cowboy actor
- Tom Poston (1921–2007), American actor
- Tom Selleck (born 1945), American actor and film producer
- Tom Sizemore (1961–2023), American actor
- Tom Sturridge (born 1985), English actor best known for playing Dream (character) on The Sandman (TV series)
- Tom Welling (born 1977), American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville
Musicians
[edit]- Tom Araya (born 1961), American bassist and vocalist with Slayer
- Tom Chaplin (born 1979), British singer of Keane
- Stompin' Tom Connors (1936–2013), Canadian singer/songwriter
- Tom DeLonge (born 1975), American musician (blink-182)
- Tom Evans (musician) (1947–1983), English musician and songwriter (Badfinger)
- Tom Dowd (1925–2002), American sound engineer and producer for Atlantic Records
- Tom Fogerty (1941–1990), American guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Tom Fowler (1951–2024), American bassist for Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, among others
- Tom Hamilton (born 1951), American bassist (Aerosmith)
- Tom Lehrer (born 1928), American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician
- Tom Jobim (1927–1994), Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer
- Tom Kaulitz, guitarist of Tokio Hotel
- Tom Morello (born 1964), American guitarist (Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave)
- Tom Petersson (born 1950), American bassist (Cheap Trick)
- Tom Petty (1950–2017), American singer-songwriter and musician
- Tom Skinner (born 1980), English drummer
- Tom Smothers (1937–2023), American comedian, composer, and musician (Smothers Brothers)
- Tom Verlaine (1949–2023), American guitarist for the punk band Television
- Tom Waits (born 1949), American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
- Tom Zé (born 1936), Brazilian singer‐songwriter
Artists
[edit]- Tom Luckey (1940–2012), American architect and sculptor
- Tomm Moore (born 1977), Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
- Tom Palumbo (1921–2008), Italian born, American photographer
- Tom Tsuchiya (born 1972), American sculptor
Other
[edit]- Tom Brokaw (born 1940), American anchor for NBC
- Tom Clancy (1947–2013), American author
- Tom DeSanto (born 1968), American film producer and screenwriter
- Tom Freston (born 1945), American media proprietor, businessman, and financier
- Tom Fulp (born 1978), American programmer, creator of Newgrounds
- Tom Konyves (born 1947), Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
- Tom Hagen (born 1950), Norwegian businessman
- Tom Hooper (born 1972), British-Australian film director
- Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
- Tom McLaury (1853–1881), Wild West gunfighter
- Tom Moore (1920–2021), known as Captain Tom, a British Army officer
- Tom Mylan (born 1976), American butcher, author, writer
- Tom O'Carroll (born 1945), British paedophilia advocate
- Tom Ruegger, American animator and screenwriter
- Tom Segev (born 1945), Israeli historian, author, and journalist
- Tom Stone (magician), Swedish magician, editor and author
- Tom Stoppard (born 1937), British playwright and screenwriter
- Tom Tykwer (born 1965), German film director
Fictional characters
[edit]- Tom (Paralympic mascot), the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- Tom Bombadil, a character from The Lord of the Rings and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Tom Cat, a title character from Tom and Jerry
- Tom Canty, a title character from The Prince and the Pauper
- Tom Nook, a character in Animal Crossing video game series
- Tom Riddle, Harry Potter series villain
- Tom Sawyer, title character of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
- Tom Servo, a robot character from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series
- Talking Tom, A Grey tabby cat and the main Character of the Talking Tom & Friends franchise
- Tom Thumb, character of English folklore
See also
[edit]- 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)