Tom (given name)

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TomGender| Male

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Language(s)| Aramaic
Origin
Derivation| Thomas

Tom is often used as a diminutive of Thomas.[1] In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name. In modern Hebrew, the name Tom (Hebrew: תם, תום) is used as a unisex name, with the meaning of "innocence, naivety, simplicity" or "the end.”[citation needed]

The Gaelic-Cymric name Tom means "rising ground" or "eminent".[1] In literature and popular culture, it is often used to represent "an ordinary man".[2] The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name.

## Disambiguation pages

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* Tom Adams (disambiguation)
* Tom Anderson (disambiguation)
* Tom Arnold (disambiguation)
* Tom Baker (disambiguation)
* Tom Bell (disambiguation
* Tom Brown (disambiguation)
* Tom Chambers (disambiguation)
* Tom Cochran (disambiguation)
* Tom Cotter (disambiguation)
* Tom Curran (disambiguation)
* Tom Daly (disambiguation)
* Tom Dixon (disambiguation)
* Tom Dooley (disambiguation)
* Tom Fletcher (disambiguation)
* Tom Gilmartin (disambiguation)
* Tom Harris (disambiguation)
* Tom Holland (disambiguation)
* Tom Jones (disambiguation)
* Tom Kennedy (disambiguation)
* Tom Kenny (disambiguation)
* Tom Kirby (disambiguation)
* Tom Lloyd (disambiguation)
* Tom Marshall (disambiguation)
* Tom Morris (disambiguation)
* Tom Mullen (disambiguation)
* Tom Murphy (disambiguation)
* Tom Parker (disambiguation)
* Tom Rooney (disambiguation)
* Tom Simpson (disambiguation)
* Tom Sloan (disambiguation)
* Tom Williams (disambiguation)
* Tom Wright (disambiguation)

## Sportsmen

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* Tom (footballer, born 1985), Brazilian footballer
* Tom (footballer, born 1986), Brazilian footballer
* Tom (footballer, born 1988), Brazilian footballer
* Tom (footballer, born 1991), Brazilian footballer
* Tom Ashworth (born 1977), American former football offensive tackle
* Tom Aspinall (born 1993), English professional mixed martial artist
* Tom Berry (rugby union) (1911–1993), English rugby union player and administrator
* Tom Brady (born 1977), American football player best known for playing with the New England Patriots
* Tom Brandi (born 1966), American professional wrestler
* Tom Brown (footballer, born 1919) (1919–2000), Scottish footballer
* Tom Brown (footballer, born 1968), Scottish former footballer
* Tom Brown (outfielder) (1860–1927), American baseball player and manager
* Tom Brown (safety) (born 1940), American baseball outfielder and first baseman, football player
* Tom Brown (pitcher) (born 1949), American baseball pitcher
* Tom Brown (tackle) (1890–1972), American football player
* Tom Brown (end) (1921–2013), American football player in the NFL
* Tom Brown (guard) (born 1936), American football player in the CFL
* Tom Brown (safety) (born 1940), American athlete who played football in the NFL and baseball in MLB
* Tom Brown (wide receiver) (born 1963), American football player in the NFL
* Tom Brown (running back) (born 1964), American football player in the NFL
* Tom Brown (rugby, born 1983), English rugby union and rugby league player
* Tom Brown (rugby union, born 1990), Scottish rugby union player
* Tom Brown (bowls) (1915–1980), England lawn bowls competitor
* Tom Brown (tennis) (1922–2011), American tennis player
* Tom Brown (Australian footballer) (born 2003), Australian rules football player
* Tom Browning (1960–2022), American professional baseball pitcher
* Tom Burton (1961–2010), American professional wrestler
* Tom Cannon (1852–19??), British professional wrestler
* Tom Cannon (born 2002), English is a professional footballer
* Tom Cutler (born 1995), Australian rules footballer
* Tom Daley (born 1994), English diver
* Tom Dradiga (born 1996), Ugandan middle-distance runner
* Tom Drake (wrestler) (1930–2017), American professional wrestler
* Tom Dwan (born 1986), American poker player
* Tom Finney (1922-2014), English international association footballer
* Tom Gamboa (born 1948), American baseball coach and manager
* Tom Gilson (American football) (born 1988), American football
* Tom Goodwin (born 1968), American professional baseball player
* Tom Gordon (born 1967), American former professional baseball right-handed pitcher and current radio color commentator
* Tom Hardy (soccer), American soccer defender
* Tom Heinsohn (1934–2020), American professional basketball player
* Tom Hoover (basketball) (born 1941), American former professional basketball player
* Tom Howard (wrestler) (born 1969), American professional wrestler
* Tom Hubert (born 1964), American road course racer
* Tom Humble (born 1988), Australian Rugby League player
* Tom Jenkins (baseball) (1898–1979), American baseball player
* Tom Jenkins (golfer) (born 1947), American golfer
* Tom Jenkins (wrestler) (1872–1957), American professional wrestler
* Tom Johnson (ice hockey) (1928–2007), Canadian professional ice hockey player
* Tom Kingston (rugby union) (born 1991), Australian rugby union player
* Tom Konchalski (1947–2021), American basketball scout
* Tom Landry (1924–2000), American Football coach for the Dallas Cowboys
* Tom Lawlor, (born 1983), American professional wrestler, retired mixed martial artist
* Tom Leppard (1936–2016), English soldier best known as the most tattooed senior citizen
* Tom Maayan (born 1993), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
* Tom Magee (born 1958), Canadian powerlifter and pro wrestler
* Tom Marsh (baseball) (born 1965), Major League Baseball player
* Tom McKean (born 1963), Scottish former middle-distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990
* Tom Mees (1949–1996), American sports broadcaster
* Tom Murphy (catcher) (born 1991), American baseball player
* Tom Okker (born 1944), Dutch tennis player
* Tom Paradise, American geomorphologist
* Tom Peck (born 1953), American racing driver
* Tom Platz (born 1955), American retired professional bodybuilder
* Tom Pratt (American football) (born 1935), American football coach
* Tom Prichard (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler
* Tom Prince (bodybuilder) (1968–2022), American professional bodybuilder
* Tom Rehder (born 1965), American football player
* Tom Reuveny (born 2000), Israeli Olympic champion windsurfing sailor
* Tom Rockliff (born 1990), Australian rules footballer
* Tom Sellers (athlete), American wheelchair racer
* Tom Stolhandske (born 1931), American football player
* Tom Stone, American retired professional wrestler
* Tom Sunkel (1912–2002), American professional baseball player
* Tom Symonds (born 1989), Australian Rugby League player
* Tom Tavares (born 1987), Cape Verdean footballer
* Tom Trbojevic (born 1996), Australian rugby league player
* Tom Vu (born 1957), Vietnamese American poker player, real estate investor and speaker
* Tom Watson (fighter) (born 1982), English mixed martial artist
* Tom Yaacobov (born 1992), Israeli triple jumper
* Tom Zenk (1958–2017), American professional wrestler and bodybuilder

## Politicians

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* Oswald 'Tom' Mosley (1896–1980), English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
* Tom Ada (born 1949), Guamanian politician
* Tom Carper (born 1947), American politician
* Tom Coburn (1948–2020), American politician and physician
* Tom Cotton (born 1977), American politician
* Tom DeLay (born 1947), American politician
* Tom Determann (born 1950), American politician
* Tom Harkin (born 1939), American politician
* Tom Lukiwski (born 1951), Canadian politician
* Tom Mulcair (born 1954), Canadian politician and former leader of the Opposition
* Tom Stewart (1892–1972), American politician
* Tom Suozzi (born 1962), American politician
* Tom Udall (born 1948), American politician and diplomat
* Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen (born 1982), Dutch politician
* Tom Veen (1942–2014), Dutch politician
* Tom Wolf (born 1948), American politician

## Personalities

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* Tom Bergeron (born 1955), American television personality and game show host
* Tom Holkenborg (born 1967), Dutch DJ previously known as Junkie XL
* Tom Marsh (astronomer) (1961–2022), British astronomer and astrophysicist
* Tom Scott (presenter), British YouTuber
* Tom Westman (born 1964), American firefighter and television personality
* Thomas Ridgewell (born 1990), British YouTuber and voice actor

## Actors

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* Tom Adams (actor) (1938–2014), English actor
* Tom Baker (born 1934), English actor best known for the Fourth incarnation of the Doctor in Doctor Who
* Tom Blyth (born 1995), English actor best known for playing young Coriolanus Snow on The Hunger Games: The Ballad of Songbirds and Snakes
* Tom Bosley (1927–2010), American actor
* Tom Cassell (born 1993), British YouTuber
* Tom Cruise (born 1962), American actor
* Tom Ellis (actor) (born 1978), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
* Tom Felton (born 1987), English actor and singer
* Tom Gilson (1934–1962), American actor
* Tom Glynn-Carney (born 1995), English actor
* Tom Green (born 1971), Canadian actor and comedian
* Tom Hanks (born 1956), American film actor
* Tom Hardy (born 1977), English actor
* Tom Hiddleston (born 1981), English actor
* Tom Hodges (born 1965), American actor and film producer
* Tom Holland (born 1996), English actor
* Tom Hopper (born 1985), English actor
* Tom Jordan (1937–2019), Irish actor
* Tom Kane (born 1962), American voice actor
* Tom Kenny (born 1962), American voice actor
* Tom Lister (born 1978), English actor
* Tom Maden, American actor
* Tom Mix (1880–1940), American cowboy actor
* Tom Olivar (born 1963), Filipino film actor
* Tom Oliver (born 1938), former British-American actor
* Tom Poston (1921–2007), American actor
* Tom Rodriguez (born 1987), Filipino actor
* Tom Selleck (born 1945), American actor and film producer
* Tom Sizemore (1961–2023), American actor
* Tom Sturridge (born 1985), English actor best known for playing Dream (character) on The Sandman (TV series)
* Tom Welling (born 1977), American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville

## Musicians

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* Tom Araya (born 1961), American bassist and vocalist with Slayer
* Tom Cardy (born 1994), Australian comedian, musician, songwriter, and actor
* Tom Chaplin (born 1979), British singer of Keane
* Stompin' Tom Connors (1936–2013), Canadian singer/songwriter
* Tom DeLonge (born 1975), American musician (blink-182)
* Tom Evans (musician) (1947–1983), English musician and songwriter (Badfinger)
* Tom Dowd (1925–2002), American sound engineer and producer for Atlantic Records
* Tom Fogerty (1941–1990), American guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
* Tom Fowler (1951–2024), American bassist for Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, among others
* Tom Hamilton (born 1951), American bassist (Aerosmith)
* Tom Lehrer (born 1928), American musician, singer-songwriter, satirist, and mathematician
* Tom Jobim (1927–1994), Brazilian singer-songwriter
* Tom Jones (singer) (born 1940), Welsh singer
* Tom Kaulitz, (born 1989), German guitarist (Tokio Hotel)
* Tom Morello (born 1964), American guitarist (Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave)
* Tom Petersson (born 1950), American bassist (Cheap Trick)
* Tom Petty (1950–2017), American singer-songwriter and musician
* Tom Skinner (born 1980), English drummer
* Tom Smothers (1937–2023), American comedian, composer, and musician (Smothers Brothers)
* Tom Verlaine (1949–2023), American guitarist for the punk band Television
* Tom Waits (born 1949), American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
* Tom Zé (born 1936), Brazilian singer‐songwriter

## Artists

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* Tom Luckey (1940–2012), American architect and sculptor
* Tomm Moore (born 1977), Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
* Tom Palumbo (1921–2008), Italian born, American photographer
* Tom Tsuchiya (born 1972), American sculptor

## Other

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* Tom Brokaw (born 1940), American anchor for NBC
* Tom Clancy (1947–2013), American author
* Tom DeSanto (born 1968), American film producer and screenwriter
* Tom Freston (born 1945), American media proprietor, businessman, and financier
* Tom Fulp (born 1978), American programmer, creator of Newgrounds
* Tom Konyves (born 1947), Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
* Tom Hagen (born 1950), Norwegian businessman
* Tom Hooper (born 1972), British-Australian film director
* Tom Insko, American businessman and 12th president of Eastern Oregon University
* Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
* Tom McLaury (1853–1881), Wild West gunfighter
* Tom Moore (1920–2021), known as Captain Tom, a British Army officer
* Tom Mylan (born 1976), American butcher, author, writer
* Tom O'Carroll (born 1945), British paedophilia advocate
* Tom Ruegger, American animator and screenwriter
* Tom Segev (born 1945), Israeli historian, author, and journalist
* Tom Six, Dutch filmmaker, writer and actor
* Tom Stone (magician), Swedish magician, editor and author
* Tom Stoppard (born 1937), British playwright and screenwriter
* Tom Tykwer (born 1965), German film director

## Fictional characters

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* Tom (Paralympic mascot), the official mascot of the 2016 Summer Paralympics
* Tom Bombadil, a character from The Lord of the Rings and The Adventures of Tom Bombadil
* Tom Cat, a title character from Tom and Jerry
* Tom Canty, a title character from The Prince and the Pauper
* Tom Edison, a character in The Edison Twins
* Tom Nook, a character in Animal Crossing video game series
* Tom Riddle, Harry Potter series villain
* Tom Sawyer, title character of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer
* Tom Servo, a robot character from the Mystery Science Theater 3000 television series
* Talking Tom, A Grey tabby cat and the main Character of the Talking Tom & Friends franchise
* Tom Thumb, character of English folklore
* Tom Wachowski, a character from the Sonic The Hedgehog films, portrayed by James Marsden

## See also

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* All pages with titles beginning with Tom
* All pages with titles containing Tom
* Tom (disambiguation)
* Tó, nicknames
* Ton (given name)
* Tommy (disambiguation)
* Thomas (name)
* Tomas (disambiguation)

## References

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1. ^ a b Loughead, Flora Haines (1934). Dictionary of given names: with their origins and meanings. Glendale, California: The Arthur H. Clark Company. p. 160\. LCCN 33032751 – via Internet Archive.
2. ^ "Tom [ME]". Oxford Dictionary of Word Origins (3rd ed.). Oxford University Press. 2021. doi:10.1093/acref/9780198868750.001.0001. ISBN 9780191905209.

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