In the entire world, ثوم (Thom 
, Thome , ثوم 
) is a common primarily male, but scarcely feminine forename. The given name ثوم is characteristic of Macao, where it is quite a common female name, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, where it is quite a rare male name, and Netherlands. Not in comparison with a country's population, it is the most numerous in the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United States, and Brazil. Likewise, ثوم is the last name as well as the forename.
| VARIANT | COUNTRY |
|---|---|
| Thom, Thome | United Kingdom, Germany, Brazil, United States, Democratic Republic of the Congo |
| ثوم | Yemen |
Tamas, Tamás, Thoma, Thomas, Tom, Toma, Tomas, Tomaso, Tomasso, Tomasz, Tomaz, Tomaž, Tomeczek, Tomek, Tomi, Tommaso, Tommi, Tommie, Tommy, Tomos, Tomy, Tomás, Tomáš, Tomé, Toomas, Τομ, Тамаза, Тамас, Тамаш, Том, Тома, Томаж, Томазо, Томас, Томасо, Томаш, Томи, Томмазо, Томми, Томі, Тоомас, Фома, טום, טומאס, טומי, תום, תומא, תומאס, תומס, תם,
ثوم is also a name for the fictitious and mythical characters: Thom Kallor , the DC Comics superhero, Justice League vs. the Fatal Five; Thom Merrilin , the fictional character from The Wheel of Time and Thom , the character in the television series Nikita.