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.”
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Language(s) | Aramaic |
| Origin | |
| Derivation | Thomas |
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, 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, Australian rules footballer
- Tom Daley, English diver
- Tom Dradiga (born 1996), Ugandan middle-distance runner
- Tom Drake (wrestler) (1930–2017), American professional wrestler
- Tom Dwan, American poker player
- Tom Gamboa, American baseball coach and manager
- Tom Gilson (American football), 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, 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), Australian rugby union player
- Tom Landry, 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, American sports broadcaster
- Tom Murphy (catcher) (born 1991), American baseball player
- Tom Okker (born 1944), Dutch tennis player
- Tom Paradise, American geomorphologist
- Tom Peck, American Racing driver
- Tom Platz (born 1955), American retired professional bodybuilder
- Tom Pratt (American football), American football coach
- Tom Prichard (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler
- Tom Prince (bodybuilder) (1968–2022), American professional bodybuilder
- Tom Rehder, American football player
- Tom Rockliff, Australian rules footballer
- Tom Sellers (athlete), American wheelchair racer
- Tom Stolhandske, American football player
- Tom Stone, American retired professional wrestler
- Tom Sunkel (1912–2002), American professional baseball player
- Tom Symonds, Australian Rugby League player
- Tom Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer
- Tom Trbojevic, Australian rugby league player
- Tom Vu, 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, English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
- Tom Cotton, American politician
- Tom DeLay, American politician
- Tom Determann (born 1950), American politician
- Tom Lukiwski (born 1951), Canadian politician
- Tom Mulcair, Canadian politician and former leader of the Opposition
- Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Dutch politician
- Tom Veen, Dutch politician
- Tom Wolf, American politician
Personalities
edit- Tom Bergeron, American television personality and game show host
- Tom Holkenborg, Dutch DJ previously known as Junkie XL
- Tom Scott (presenter), British YouTuber
- Tom Westman, American firefighter and television personality
- Thomas Ridgewell, British YouTuber and voice actor
Actors
edit- Tom Adams (actor), English actor
- Tom Bosley, American actor
- Tom Cassell, British Youtuber
- Tom Cruise, American actor
- Tom Ellis (actor), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
- Tom Felton, English actor and singer
- Tom Hanks, American film actor
- Tom Hardy, English actor
- Tom Hiddleston, English actor
- Tom Holland, English actor
- Tom Gilson, American actor
- Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor
- Tom Green, Canadian actor and comedian
- Tom Hopper, English actor
- Tom Jordan, Irish actor
- Tom Kane, American voice actor
- Tom Kenny, American voice actor
- Tom Lister (born 1978), English actor
- Tom Maden, American actor
- Tom Mix, American cowboy actor
- Tom Poston, American actor
- Tom Selleck, American actor and film producer
- Tom Sizemore (1961–2023), American actor
- Tom Sturridge, English actor best known for playing Dream (character) on The Sandman (TV series)
- Tom Welling, American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville
- Tom Blyth, English actor best known for playing young Coriolanus Snow on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
Musicians
edit- Tom Araya, American bassist and vocalist with Slayer
- Tom Chaplin, British singer of Keane
- Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer/songwriter
- Tom DeLonge (born 1975), American musician (blink-182)
- Tom Evans (musician) (1947–1983), English musician and songwriter (Badfinger)
- Tom Dowd, American sound engineer and producer for Atlantic Records
- Tom Fogerty (1941–1990), American guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
- Tom Fowler, American bassist for Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, among others
- Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)
- Tom Lehrer, American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician
- Tom Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter
- Tom Jones (singer), Welsh singer
- Tom Kaulitz, guitarist of Tokio Hotel
- Tom Morello, American guitarist (Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave)
- Tom Petersson, American bassist (Cheap Trick)
- Tom Petty (1950–2017), American singer-songwriter and musician
- Tom Skinner (born 1980), English drummer
- Tom Smothers, American comedian, composer, and musician (Smothers Brothers)
- Tom Verlaine, American guitarist for the punk band Television
- Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
- Tom Zé, Brazilian singer‐songwriter
Artists
edit- Tom Luckey (1940–2012), American architect and sculptor
- Tomm Moore, Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
- Tom Palumbo, Italian born, American photographer
- Tom Tsuchiya, American sculptor
Other
edit- Tom Brokaw, American anchor for NBC
- Tom Clancy, American author
- Tom DeSanto (born 1968), American film producer and screenwriter
- Tom Freston (born 1945), American media proprietor, businessman, and financier
- Tom Konyves, Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
- Tom Hagen, Norwegian businessman
- Tom Hooper, British-Australian film director
- Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
- Tom McLaury, Wild West gunfighter
- Tom Moore, known as Captain Tom, a British Army officer
- Tom Mylan, American butcher, author, writer
- Tom O'Carroll, British paedophilia advocate
- Tom Ruegger, American animator and screenwriter
- Tom Segev, Israeli historian, author, and journalist
- Tom Stone (magician), Swedish magician, editor and author
- Tom Stoppard, British playwright and screenwriter
- Tom Tykwer, German film director
Fictional characters
edit- Tom, a character from the 1993 action/martial arts movie Showdown
- Tom, a character from the Deltora Quest books by Emily Rodda
- Tom, a character from the cartoon series Tom and Jerry (Van Beuren)
- Tom, a character from the anime and manga series One Piece
- Tom, a fictional dinosaur from the children's cartoon Tom
- Tom, the main protagonist from the British children's live-action series Tree Fu Tom
- Tom, a character from the children's series Tots TV
- Tom (Paralympic mascot), the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
- T.O.M., the robot host/mascot of Adult Swim's Toonami action block
- Tom Anderson, a character in Beavis and Butt-Head
- Tom Barcroft, a character in the 2006 superhero movie Lightspeed
- Tom Beck, a character in the 1998 American science-fiction disaster movie Deep Impact
- Tom Bombadil, a character from The Lord of the Rings and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
- Tom Buchanan, the main antagonist from the 1925 novel The Great Gatsby
- Tom Cat, a title character from Tom and Jerry
- Tom Canty, a title character from The Prince and the Pauper
- Tom Codd, a character in the 1937 British comedy movie Beauty and the Barge
- Tom Hansen, a character in the 2009 American romantic comedy-drama movie 500 Days of Summer
- Tom Lucitor, a character from the American animated series Star vs. the Forces of Evil
- Tom Natsworthy, from the science fantasy novel Mortal Engines
- 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
- Tom Sloane, a non-adult character from the animated sitcom Daria
- Talking Tom, A Grey tabby cat and the main Character of the Talking Tom & Friends franchise
- Tom Thomas, from the animated series Fireman Sam
- 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)
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