Tom (given name)

Tom

Gender	Male
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.

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

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

Sportsmen

• 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 Pritchard (1917–2017), New Zealand cricketer
• 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

• 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 Brüntrup (born 1997), German politician
• Tom Carper (born 1947), American politician
• Tom Coburn (1948–2020), American politician and physician
• Tom Cotton (born 1977), American politician
• Tom Daschle (born 1947), 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

• 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

• 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 actor and comedian
• 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

• 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 (1928–2025), 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

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

References

1. 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.