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Tom

A diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name.

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Tom at a glance

Origin
English
Pronunciation (IPA)
/tɒm/, /tɑm/

Etymology

From Middle English Thomme. Hypocorism of Thomas. The dollar-bill sense is from the portrait of Thomas Jefferson featured on it.

Meaning and etymology from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.

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What does the name Tom mean?

A diminutive of the male given name Thomas, also used as a formal male given name.

This work includes material taken from the System Reference Document 5.1 ("SRD 5.1") by Wizards of the Coast LLC and available at https://dnd.wizards.com/resources/systems-reference-document. The SRD 5.1 is licensed under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Mythology and video game character facts from Wikidata (CC0). Name roots from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0).