Tomos
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- TOM-os
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #773 for boys
Tomos is a boys' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin”. In 2025 it ranked 773rd for boys in the UK (49 babies).
What does Tomos mean?
Aramaic: Welsh form of Thomas
“twin”
The Welsh form of Thomas, from Aramaic for twin; Twm is its traditional Welsh short form.
Is Tomos a girl's or a boy's name?
Tomos is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 49 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tomos in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- #773among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 49about 1 in 6,100 boys
- Five-year trend
- Fallingdown 43% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1%chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 49 boys in the UK were named Tomos, making it the 773rd most popular name for boys. Five years earlier, in 2020, it was 445th. Its busiest year was 1999, with 137 boys.
Half of all the boys named Tomos in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2015. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier boys aren't counted.
In 2025, 1,722 boys in the UK were given Tomos or a name that sounds the same. With every name's spellings counted this way, that ranks #26, up from #773 for this spelling alone.
Among boys in 2025, it was 716th in England and Wales.
Tomos in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 49 | #773 |
| 2024 | 46 | #803 |
| 2023 | 58 | #673 |
| 2022 | 72 | #583 |
| 2021 | 87 | #513 |
| 2020 | 100 | #445 |
| 2019 | 93 | #486 |
| 2018 | 75 | #571 |
| 2017 | 73 | #578 |
| 2016 | 92 | #488 |
| 2015 | 89 | #497 |
| 2014 | 99 | #462 |
| 2013 | 103 | #443 |
| 2012 | 110 | #415 |
| 2011 | 108 | #406 |
| 2010 | 102 | #424 |
| 2009 | 124 | #357 |
| 2008 | 117 | #364 |
| 2007 | 122 | #343 |
| 2006 | 115 | #333 |
| 2005 | 117 | #304 |
| 2004 | 113 | #310 |
| 2003 | 89 | #345 |
| 2002 | 127 | #257 |
| 2001 | 120 | #267 |
| 2000 | 129 | #251 |
| 1999 | 137 | #244 |
| 1998 | 124 | #262 |
| 1997 | 128 | #258 |
| 1996 | 112 | #276 |
Nicknames for Tomos
Names like Tomos
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Joseph Lewis Marcus Ewan James Samuel Daniel Charles William Joshua Matthew Kwame
Other spellings of Tomos
Names related to Tomos
More Aramaic names
Tommy Martha Barnaby Barney Tabitha Tadeo Tom Thaddeus Marta Tommie Tomi Saphira Tommaso Barnabas Talitha Tommi
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tomos: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tomos, updated 20 October 2026.