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Tom

OriginDiminutive of Thomas
Meaning"twin"
GenderBoy & girl
US rank · boys#2206

2025 SSA

US rank · girlsUnranked

Below 5 births

About Tom

Just like Sam and Ben, Tom could be revived as a simple, well liked name on its own. Tom, just Tom, is one of the Top 100 Boy Names in France

Tom is also given to girls.

Pronounced TOM.

As of October 2026, Tom ranked #2206 in US births in 2025 SSA, peaked at #40 in 1880.

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Tom on lists

Famous Toms

  • Tom BraidwoodBoy

    Canadian actor

  • Edward Thomas "Tom" HardyBoy

    English actor

  • Tom Cruise (born Thomas Cruise Mapother)Boy

    American actor

  • Thomas Alan "Tom" WaitsBoy

    American singer,songwriter

  • Thomas Andrew "Tom" FeltonBoy

    British actor

  • Thomas John "Tom" BrokawBoy

    American television journalist

  • Thomas Michael "Tom" FletcherBoy

    member of British band McFly

  • Thomas Carlyle "Tom" FordBoy

    American fashion designer

  • Thomas Jeffrey "Tom" HanksBoy

    American actor

  • Thomas William "Tom" SelleckBoy

    American actor

  • Thomas Dwaine "Tom" ArnoldBoy

    American actor and comedian

  • Thomas Edward Patrick "Tom" BradyBoy

    American NFL football player

  • Tom Jones (born Thomas Jones Woodward)Boy

    Welsh pop singer

  • Thomas William "Tom" HiddlestonBoy

    English actor

  • Thomas Stanley "Tom" HollandBoy

    English actor

  • Tom NiconBoy

    French model

  • Tom KaulitzBoy

    German singer of band Tokio Hotel; twin brother Bill Kaulitz

  • Tom TykwerBoy

    German film director

  • Thomas Earl "Tom" PettyBoy

    American singer,songwriter

  • Thomas John Patrick "Tom" WellingBoy

    American actor

  • Thomas Geoffrey "Tom" WilkinsonBoy

    English actor

  • Thomas Kennerly "Tom" WolfeBoy

    American author and journalist

  • Thomas "Tom" BergeronBoy

    American television host

  • Thomas Patrick "Tom" CavanaghBoy

    Canadian actor

  • Tom George Cassell aka SyndicateBoy

    English YouTuber

  • Thomas Robert "Tom" DaleyBoy

    British diver

  • Thomas Baptiste "Tom" MorelloBoy

    American singer of band Rage Against the Machine

  • Michael Thomas "Tom" GreenBoy

    Canadian actor/comedian

  • Thomas Matthew "Tom" DeLongeBoy

    American singer of band Blink,182

  • Thomas Dale "Tom" DeLayBoy

    U.S. Congressman and House Majority Leader from Texas

  • Thomas Edward "Tom" BosleyBoy

    American actor

  • Thomas Leo "Tom" ClancyBoy

    American novelist

  • Tom Spencer aka Tomohawk1989Boy

    English YouTuber

  • Tom FeltonBoy

    British Actor

  • Thomas John "Tom" EllisBoy

    Welsh Actor

  • Tom GruberBoy

    Christian Internet Blogger & Expert about Sex in Heaven

Tom in pop culture

  • Tom SawyerBoy

    main character in Mark Twain's "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" and secondary character in "Huckleberry Finn"

  • Tom Marvolo Riddle aka Lord VoldemortBoy

    character in the "Harry Potter" series

  • TomBoy

    the Leaky Cauldron's bartender from the "Harry Potter" Series

  • Tom ThumbBoy

    English folk character the size of his father's thumb

  • Tom JoadBoy

    main character in book/film "The Grapes of Wrath"

  • Thomas "Tom" WadeBoy

    main character in G. A. Henty's, In the Heart of the Rockies

  • Dr. Tom KentBoy

    Character in British TV show Casualty

  • Dr. Tom SherwoodBoy

    character from movie "The English Teacher" played by Greg Kinnear

  • Tom LongBoy

    character on TV's "Hart of Dixie"

  • Tom NatsworthBoy

    character in the Mortal Engines series

  • Long TomBoy

    character in G. A. Henty's, At Agincourt

  • Tom PriceBoy

    character in TV show "Walker, Texas Ranger"

  • Tom BransonBoy

    character in the TV show "Downton Abbey"

  • Tom OkinaweBoy

    character in the CBBC TV show "Wolfblood"

  • Tom BuilderBoy

    a main character in Ken Follett's "The Pillars of Earth"

  • Tom TressilisBoy

    character in G. A. Henty's, Under Drake's Flag

  • Tom MarinBoy

    Hanna Marin's father on TV's "Pretty Little Liars"

  • Tom DiazBoy

    character on TV's "Stuck in the Middle"

  • Tom HowardBoy

    character in "The Hole"

  • TomBoy

    character in short story "Out There" by author Justine Avery

  • Tom PattersonBoy

    character in DC Universe

  • Reverend Tom HerewardBoy

    character in TV's "Call the Midwife"

  • Tom CobaltBoy

    character in the Addicted Series

  • Tom DooleyBoy

    song by the Kingston Trio

  • Tom NookBoy

    character from the video game "Animal Crossing"

  • "Tom Potts"Boy

    A ballad in the 19th century collection "The Child Ballads"

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