Foma

  • [ fah-MAH ]
  • Russian
Russian form of THOMAS.

THOMAS   male   English, French, German, Dutch, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, Greek, Biblical, Biblical Latin, Biblical Greek
Greek form of the Aramaic name תָּאוֹמָא (Ta'oma') which meant "twin". In the New Testament this is the name of an apostle. When he heard that Jesus had risen from the dead he initially doubted the story, until Jesus appeared before him and he examined his wounds himself. According to tradition he was martyred in India. Due to his renown, the name came into general use in the Christian world.

In England the name was introduced by the Normans and became very popular due to Saint Thomas Becket, a 12th-century archbishop of Canterbury and martyr. Another notable saint by this name was the 13th-century Italian philosopher and theologian Thomas Aquinas, who is regarded as a Doctor of the Church. Other famous bearers include philosopher Thomas Hobbes (1588-1679), American president Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), novelist Thomas Hardy (1840-1928), and inventor Thomas Edison (1847-1931).
EQUIVALENTS
ANCIENT ARAMAIC: Te'oma
BIBLICAL GREEK: Thomas
BIBLICAL LATIN: Thomas
BIBLICAL: Thomas
BULGARIAN: Toma
CATALAN: Tomàs
CROATIAN: Toma, Tomo
CZECH: Tomáš
DANISH: Thomas
DUTCH: Thomas
ENGLISH: Thomas
ESTONIAN: Toomas
FINNISH: Tuomas, Tuomo
FRENCH: Thomas
GEORGIAN: Toma
GERMAN: Thomas
GREEK: Thomas
HUNGARIAN: Tamás
ICELANDIC: Tómas
IRISH: Tomás
ITALIAN: Tommaso
LATVIAN: Toms
LITHUANIAN: Tomas
MACEDONIAN: Toma
MAORI: Tamati
NORWEGIAN: Thomas, Tomas
OLD CHURCH SLAVIC: Thoma
POLISH: Tomasz
PORTUGUESE: Tomás, Tomé
ROMANIAN: Toma
SCOTTISH: Tàmhas, Tavish, Tòmas
SERBIAN: Toma
SLOVAK: Tomáš
SLOVENE: Tomaž
SPANISH: Tomás
SWEDISH: Thomas, Tomas
WELSH: Tomos
DIMINUTIVES AND SHORT FORMS
CROATIAN: Tomica
DUTCH: Maas, Tom
ENGLISH: Thom, Tom, Tommie, Tommy
FINNISH: Tomi, Tommi
HUNGARIAN: Tomi
POLISH: Tomek
SCOTTISH: Tam
WELSH: Tomi, Twm
FEMININE FORMS
ENGLISH (BRITISH): Tamsin, Tamsyn
ENGLISH: Tamsen, Tamzen, Thomasina
SPANISH: Tomasa