Toms

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Locally spelled Tomas in AR Argentina, SE Sweden, Thomas in PL Poland and Tomáš in CZ Czechia.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Attested across 17 languages in the etymology graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Toms is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate name6 spellings in the group

  Also written Tôm'S, Tom'S

• Portuguese name7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Mexico, Colombia

  Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

  Also written Tôm'S, Tom'S

55 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Toms is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Latvian, Thomas (Biblical figure)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Latvian, Kristietības mitoloģiskajā tradīcijā un leģendās - viens no 12 apustuļiem, kurš nebija kopā ar pārējiem mācekļiem, kad pie viņiem ieradās augšāmcēlies Jēzus Kristus, un sākotnēji atteicās tam ticēt

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Atsevišķa sacerējuma, grāmatas daļa, sējums

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Vīrieša vārds

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

• In Latvian, Grieziens

  as a word·Tēzaurs.lv (Dictionary and Thesaurus of Latvian, AiLab / LU MII)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Frederick Tomsb. 1885CACanadian rower
• Edward Tomsb. 1899GBBritish sprinter (1899–1971)
• Carl Tomsb. 1927GBBritish scenic designer
• Ivan Tomsb. 1952ZASouth African activist (1952-2008) opposed to Apartheid and conscription and defender of LGBT rights
• David Tomsb. 1967USprofessional golfer
• Frazer Tomsb. 1979GBEnglish footballer (born 1979)
• Toms Hartmanisb. 1987LVLatvian ice hockey player
• Toms Skujiņšb. 1991LVLatvian racing cyclist
• Tobub. 1992LVnot in their usual nameLatvian electronic music producer
• Toms Kantansb. 1994LVLatvian chess player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Toms mean, and where does it come from?

First recorded in 1537. Ultimately from Aramaic. Cognate to English Thomas. Recorded by The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland and Wiktionary.

In which country does Toms have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 1.5 million people named Thomas, more than in any other country we hold.

Where is Toms most common?

No national register we hold counts the spelling Toms itself. The densest figure for its family of spellings is Czechia's: the national register counts about 1 in 29 people named Tomáš.

How common is the name Toms?

In the United States, the national register counted 1,506,606 people named Thomas in 2020, about 1 in 221 residents.

How common is Toms compared with other names?

In the United States, Toms is the 799th most common given name of 2,815,431 given names recorded there.