Meaning and background
The story behind Tomas
Tomas is an established form of Thomas in Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian usage. It belongs to the long family of names ultimately connected with an Aramaic expression for “twin”, though each language has its own pronunciation. Spanish normally writes the cognate Tomás with an accent, so the catalogue spelling should be kept exact rather than silently standardised to another form.
- Origin
- Swedish, Norwegian and Lithuanian form of Thomas, ultimately from an Aramaic personal name associated with “twin”. Source
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About Tomas
Recorded as a dog’s name
Tomas appears in 4 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/toʊmɑs/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/toʊmɑs/ · primary stress on syllable 2T OW0 M AA1 S
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Sources and research notes (2)
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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