Names like Thomas
Thomas is a two-syllable Aramaic name that ends in -as. Each list below follows one of those threads on its own, so you can see exactly what the names share.
The same sound
Two syllables, ending the same way as Thomas.
Lucas Latin · man from Lucania (a region of southern Italy); Greek Loukas is a shortened form of Loukanos, "from Lucania"; the "light" link is a secondary folk association (via Lucania's own possible root), not the established meaning
Dallas Scottish · place name/surname; meaning uncertain, possibly "meadow of the waterfall"
Tuomas Finnish · Finnish form of Thomas, from Aramaic "twin"
Tejas Sanskrit · brilliance, splendor
The same roots
Also Aramaic names, from the tradition Thomas comes from.
Thaddeus Aramaic · biblical name traditionally translated as 'courageous heart'
Thad Aramaic · Short form of Thaddeus; meaning is disputed, possibly heart or courageous heart, sometimes conflated with Theodore, gift of God.
Bart Aramaic · Short form of Bartholomew, from Aramaic bar-Talmai, son of Talmai, name of one of the twelve apostles.
Tommy Aramaic · diminutive of Thomas, from Aramaic Ta'oma, 'twin'
The same feel
Also biblical and classic names.
Jonas Greek · dove (Greek New Testament form of the Hebrew Jonah, carried into French)
Sylas Latin · phonetic respelling of Silas, of the forest
Titus Latin · Roman praenomen; meaning uncertain
Tobias Hebrew · "God is good"
Names of the same moment
Each of these is at its highest in the 1890s, the same decade as Thomas, on a similar curve.
Willis Germanic · from an English surname derived from Will (William, "will helmet"); famously borne by Willis Carrier, inventor of modern air conditioning
Rufus Latin · red-haired
Otis Germanic · from a surname derived from Otto/Odo, Germanic name meaning wealth or fortune
Lucius Latin · light
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