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Thomas m. Aramaic אמואת or אמאת 'twin', the epithet of one of the Twelve Apostles.

The name of one of the twelve apostles, a 12th C English saint, two 13th C English saints, a 13th C Italian saint, and a 14th C Dutch saint. Wyclif (1395): Thomas.

Brabant
Latin
● 1312 Thomas (nom) JeanIII p. 6
Czech Republic
Latin
● 1351 Thomas (nom) chlumecky 13
England
Latin
● 1279–80 Thoma (abl) WaHR-SK p. 26, Thomas (nom) ibid. p. 25, Thome (dat) ibid. p. 28; 1300 Thomas (nom) ProcSuf-vol3 p. 231, Thome (gen) ibid. p. 229; 1302 Thomae (gen) ComWil-vol1 p. 4; 1327 Thoma (abl) SaxhamSf p. 111; 1348 Thomas (abl) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 10; 1359 Thome (dat) ibid. no. 30; 1374 Thomam (nom) ibid. no. 48; 1381 Thoma (abl) Suffolk1381 p. 90, Thomam (acc) ibid. p. 72, Thomas (nom) ibid. p. 69, Thome (gen) ibid. p. 70; 1406 Thome (dat) EEW p. 14; 1408 Thomas (nom) GCCYork p.10; 1415 Thomas EEW p. 22, Thomæ (gen) SocAntNor-3-3 no. 65; 1418 Thome (dat) EEW p. 44; 1425 Thome (abl) ibid. p. 66; 1431 Thome (abl) ibid. p. 89; 1436 Thome (dat) ibid. p. 108; 1464 Thome (dat) OrpingtonKe p. 73; 1485–1486 Thoma (abl) CovGuild-2 p. 48; 1530 Thome (dat) LIWill-III p. 2
◑ 1381 Massot (nom) Suffolk1381 p. 95
Middle English
● 1395 Thomas EEW p. 4; 1402 Thomas ibid. p. 11; 1406 Thomas ibid. p. 12; 1411 Thomas ibid. p. 19; 1417 Thomas ibid. p. 26; 1417–18 Thomas ibid. p. 38; 1418 Thomas ibid. p. 29; 1419–20 Thomas ibid. p. 41; 1420 Thomas ibid. p. 48; 1422 Thomas ibid. p. 50; 1424–25 Thomas ibid. p. 56; 1425 Thomas ibid. p. 65; 1426 Thomas ibid. p. 67; 1428 Thomas ibid. p. 80; 1430 Thomas ibid. p. 85; 1431 Thomas ibid. p. 88; 1431–32 Thomas ibid. p. 91; 1433 Thomas ibid. p. 95; 1434 Thomas ibid. p. 98; 1434–35 Thomas ibid. p. 103; 1436 Thomas ibid. p. 107; 1438 Thomas ibid. p. 109; 1438–39 Thomas ibid. p. 129; 1439 Thomas ibid. p. 114; 1454 Thomas ibid. p. 133
◑ 1395 Thomme EEW p. 6; 1431 Thomelyn ibid. p. 88
English
● 1503 Thomas OrpingtonKe p. 73; 1511 Thomas ibid. p. 74; 1522 Thomas SaxhamSf p. 114; 1525/6 Thomas LIWill-III p. 1; 1529 Thomas PP-HenV p. 6; 1530 Thomas LIWill-III p. 3, PP-HenV p. 17; 1531 Thomas SaxhamSf p. 120; 1538 Thomas BarnstapleBap p. 1; 1539 Thomas ibid. p. 1, StAnthonlin p. 1; 1540 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 2, BarnstapleBap p. 1, DEmar-vol1 p. 78, StAnthonlin p. 1; 1541 Thomas BarnstapleBap p. 2, DEmar-vol1 p. 78, StAnthonlin p. 3; 1542 Thomas BarnstapleBap p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 3; 1543 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 2, BarnstapleBap p. 3, OrpingtonKe p. 75, StAnthonlin p. 3; 1544 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 4, DEmar-vol1 p. 78, StAnthonlin p. 4; 1545/6 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 3; 1545 Thomas ibid. p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 4, DEmar-vol1 p. 78, StAnthonlin p. 5; 1546 Thomas BarnstapleBap p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 5; 1547 Thomas BarnstapleBap p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 79, StAnthonlin p. 6; 1548/9 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 3; 1548 Thomas ibid. p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 6, DEmar-vol1 p. 79, StAnthonlin p. 6; 1549/50 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 3; 1549 Thomas ibid. p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 79, StAnthonlin p. 7; 1550 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 79, StAnthonlin p. 8; 1551 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 4, BarnstapleBap p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 8; 1552 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 4, BarnstapleBap p. 7, StAnthonlin p. 9; 1553 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 4; 1553/4 Thomas ibid. p. 5; 1553 Thomas BarnstapleBap p. 7, DEmar-vol1 p. 80, StAnthonlin p. 10; 1554 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 4, BarnstapleBap p. 8, StAnthonlin p. 10, bruton-vol1 p. 2; 1555 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 5, BarnstapleBap p. 9, DEmar-vol1 p. 80, StAnthonlin p. 10, bruton-vol1 p. 27; 1556 Thomas BarnstapleBap p. 9, StAnthonlin p. 11, bruton-vol1 p. 27; 1557 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 5, BarnstapleBap p. 9, ProcSuf-vol3 p. 265, StAnthonlin p. 12, bruton-vol1 p. 2; 1558/9 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 6; 1558 Thomas ibid. p. 6, DU-DSMMar, SOmar-vol9 p. 1, SaxhamSf p. 129, StAnthonlin p. 12, bruton-vol1 p. 3; 1558–9 Thomas StMary-Ke p. 2; 1559 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 1, BUmar-vol9 p. 2, CAmar-vol1 p. 1, DEmar-vol1 p. 80, DU-DSMMar, StAnthonlin p. 13, bruton-vol1 p. 3; 1560 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 6, BEmar-vol2 p. 29, BUmar-vol9 p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 10, DU-DSMMar, OrpingtonKe p. 1, SOmar-vol9 p. 2, SaxhamSf p. 1, StAnthonlin p. 13, bruton-vol1 p. 3, Tomas BarnstapleBap p. 10; 1561 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 29, BUmar-vol9 p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 11, OrpingtonKe p. 1, Redruth-Co p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 14, bruton-vol1 p. 3; 1562/3 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 7; 1562 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 95, BUmar-vol9 p. 3, BarnstapleBap p. 11, COmar-vol2 p. 47, DEmar-vol1 p. 81, Redruth-Co p. 6, SaxhamSf p. 1, StAnthonlin p. 14, bruton-vol1 p. 32; 1563 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 7, BEmar-vol2 p. 54, BUmar-vol9 p. 3, COmar-vol2 p. 48, OrpingtonKe p. 1, SaxhamSf p. 1, StAnthonlin p. 15, bruton-vol1 p. 4, Thomus BEmar-vol2 p. 68; 1564 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 7, BEmar-vol2 p. 95, COmar-vol2 p. 48, DEmar-vol1 p. 81, OrpingtonKe p. 2, Redruth-Co p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 17, bruton-vol1 p. 4; 1565 Thomas BUmar-vol9 p. 4, CAmar-vol1 p. 2, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 17, bruton-vol1 p. 4; 1566 Thomas DEmar-vol1 p. 81, OrpingtonKe p. 2, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 18, bruton-vol1 p. 4; 1567 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 8; 1567/8 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 2; 1567 Thomas ibid. p. 54, BUmar-vol9 p. 4, COmar-vol2 p. 48, OrpingtonKe p. 2, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 19, bruton-vol1 p. 5; 1568 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 8; 1568/9 Thomas ibid. p. 8; 1568 Thomas BUmar-vol9 p. 4, CAmar-vol1 p. 2, OrpingtonKe p. 3, Redruth-Co p. 6, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 19, bruton-vol1 p. 5; 1569 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p.8, BEmar-vol2 p. 129, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, COmar-vol2 p. 69, OrpingtonKe p. 3, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 20, bruton-vol1 p. 5; 1570/1 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 9; 1570 Thomas ibid. p. 9, BEmar-vol2 p. 30, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, COmar-vol2 p. 48, DEmar-vol1 p. 82, OrpingtonKe p. 3, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 20, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1571 Thomas OrpingtonKe p. 3, SaxhamSf p. 56, StAnthonlin p. 21, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1572 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 69, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, CAmar-vol1 p. 2, COmar-vol2 p. 70, OrpingtonKe p. 4, SaxhamSf p. 2, StAnthonlin p. 22, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1573 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 9, BUmar-vol9 p. 5, CAmar-vol1 p. 3, COmar-vol2 p. 70, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, OrpingtonKe p. 4, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 22, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1574 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 9, BEmar-vol2 p. 30, DEmar-vol1 p. 83, OrpingtonKe p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 23, bruton-vol1 p. 6; 1575 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 9, BUmar-vol2 p. 141, OrpingtonKe p. 4, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 24, bruton-vol1 p. 7; 1576 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 30, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, OrpingtonKe p. 4, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 25; 1577 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 3, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, COmar-vol2 p. 48, OrpingtonKe p. 5, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 25, bruton-vol1 p. 43; 1578 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 30, BUmar-vol2 p. 141, CAmar-vol1 p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, OrpingtonKe p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 26, bruton-vol1 p. 7, Thomes DEmar-vol1 p. 84; 1579 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 10, BEmar-vol2 p. 30, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 27, bruton-vol1 p. 43; 1580 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 10, CAmar-vol1 p. 3, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, OrpingtonKe p. 5, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 27, bruton-vol1 p. 7; 1581 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 10; 1581/2 Thomas ibid. p. 11; 1581 Thomas BUmar-vol9 p. 6, DEmar-vol1 p. 84, DEmar-vol2 p. 6, OrpingtonKe p. 6, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 28; 1582 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 11, BEmar-vol2 p. 96, BUmar-vol9 p. 6, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p. 7, OrpingtonKe p. 6, StAnthonlin p. 29, bruton-vol1 p. 7; 1583/4 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 11; 1583 Thomas ibid. p. 11, BEmar-vol2 p. 54, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, CAmar-vol1 p. 129, DEmar-vol2 p, 8, OrpingtonKe p. 6, SaxhamSf p. 3, StAnthonlin p. 29, bruton-vol1 p. 45; 1584 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 11, DEmar-vol2 p. 10, OrpingtonKe p. 7, SaxhamSf p. 57, StAnthonlin p. 30, bruton-vol1 p. 45; 1585 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 12, BEmar-vol2 p. 3, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, CAmar-vol1 p. 129, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p. 11, OrpingtonKe p. 7, StAnthonlin p. 31, bruton-vol1 p. 46; 1586 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 31, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, DEmar-vol1 p. 85, DEmar-vol2 p.12, OrpingtonKe p. 7, SaxhamSf p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 31, bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1587/8 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 12; 1587 Thomas ibid. p. 12, BEmar-vol2 p. 31; 1587/8 Thomas ibid. p. 54; 1587 Thomas DEmar-vol2 p. 13, OrpingtonKe p. 8, StAnthonlin p. 32, bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1588 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 13, BEmar-vol2 p. 130, DEmar-vol2 p. 15, OrpingtonKe p. 8, StAnthonlin p. 32, bruton-vol1 p. 8; 1589 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 13, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, CAmar-vol1 p. 4, COmar-vol2 p. 49, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, DEmar-vol2 p. 17, OrpingtonKe p. 8, SaxhamSf p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 33, bruton-vol1 p. 9; 1590 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 14, BEmar-vol2 p. 3, BUmar-vol9 p. 7, CAmar-vol1 p. 130, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, DEmar-vol2 p. 20, OrpingtonKe p. 8, SaxhamSf p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 34, bruton-vol1 p. 9; 1591 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 14; 1591/2 Thomas ibid. p. 15; 1591 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 54, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, DEmar-vol2 p. 22, OrpingtonKe p. 8, StAnthonlin p. 34, bruton-vol1 p. 9; 1592/3 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 15; 1592 Thomas ibid. p. 15, BUmar-vol2 p. 141, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, CAmar-vol1 p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 86, DEmar-vol2 p. 24, OrpingtonKe p. 8, SaxhamSf p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 35, bruton-vol1 p. 10; 1593 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 15, BEmar-vol2 p. 3, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, CAmar-vol1 p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 26, OrpingtonKe p. 9, SaxhamSf p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 36, bruton-vol1 p. 10; 1594 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 16, BEmar-vol2 p. 96, BUmar-vol9 p. 8, CAmar-vol1 p. 5, COmar-vol2 p. 24, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 28, OrpingtonKe p. 9, SaxhamSf p. 4, StAnthonlin p. 36, bruton-vol1 p. 10; 1595 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 54, BUmar-vol9 p. 9, CAmar-vol1 p. 5, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 30, OrpingtonKe p. 9, SaxhamSf p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 37, bruton-vol1 p. 10; 1596 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 31, BUmar-vol9 p. 9, CAmar-vol1 p. 6, DEmar-vol2 p. 33, OrpingtonKe p. 9, StAnthonlin p. 38, bruton-vol1 p. 54; 1597 Thomas BEmar-vol2 p. 4, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 35, OrpingtonKe p. 9, SaxhamSf p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 38, bruton-vol1 p. 55; 1598 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 17, DEmar-vol1 p. 87, DEmar-vol2 p. 37, OrpingtonKe p. 9, SaxhamSf p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 39, bruton-vol1 p. 11; 1599 Thomas BEmar-vol1 p. 17, BEmar-vol2 p. 4, BUmar-vol2 p. 142, DEmar-vol1 p. 88, DEmar-vol2 p. 40, DU-DSMMar, OrpingtonKe p. 9, SaxhamSf p. 5, StAnthonlin p. 39, bruton-vol1 p. 11; 157– Thomas BUmar-vol2 p. 141
◑ 1559 Thom DU-DSMMar
Middle French
● 1359 Thomas SocAntNor-3-3 no. 28
Estonia
Middle Low German
● 1398 Thomas BbRT p. 342; 1409 Thomas ibid. p. 345; 1411 Thomas ibid. p. 346; 1434 Tomas ibid. p. 356; 1436 Tomas ibid. p. 358
◑ 1416 Maes BbRT p. 347
France
Latin
● 1135 Thomas (nom) clairvaux-12thc 7; 1138x1148 Thoma (abl) ibid. 21, Thomas (nom) ibid. 21, Thome (gen) ibid. 21; 1138x1162 Thomas (nom) ibid. 69, Thome (gen) ibid. 69; 1147 Thoma (abl) CartNDdOurscamp XCVII, Thomas (nom) clairvaux-12thc 14, Thome (gen) ibid. 14; 1155 Thomas (nom) ibid. 30; 1159 Thome (gen) ibid. 36; 1163 Thome (gen) ibid. 99; 1163–64 Thoma (abl) ibid. 119; 1164 Thoma (abl) ibid. 121; 1180 Toma (abl) RotScaNor p. 3, Tomas (nom) ibid. p. 13, Tome (gen) ibid. p. 32; 1209 Thoma (abl) CartNDdOurscamp XXXIV; 1258 Thomam (acc) ArrestReg-volI IX, pluribus; 1260 Thomam (acc) ibid. IX, St. Martin, Thomas (nom) ibid. V, Candlemas; 1274 Thome (gen) RegToul-13thC p. 45; 1279 Thomas CartNDdOurscamp LXVI; 1285 Thome (gen) ibid. VII; 1301 Thomae (gen) MemPic-vol17 p. 207, Thomas (nom) ibid. p. 174, Thome (gen) ibid. p. 199; 1313 Thoma (abl) CartNDdOurscamp LXXXVIII; 1378 Thoma (dat) hanquetvol1 15, Thomas (nom) ibid. 2491, Thome (dat) ibid. 17; 1564 Thomasi (gen) FlorLyon p. 172; 1579 Thoma (abl) ibid. p. 40
Old French
● 1296 Thomas paris1296 p. 9; 1301 Thumas (obl) MemPic-vol17 p. 234; 1313 Thomas Paris1313 p. 1, Thome ibid. p. 43; 1327 Thomas lecoy p. 175
◑ 1313 Thomassin Paris1313 p. 89, Thoume ibid. p. 44; 1327 Thomin lecoy p. 175
Middle French
● 1388 Thomas thierry; 1392 Thomas MemBret-II col. 603, Tommas ibid. col. 604; 1418 Thomas HGParis p. 374, Tomas ibid. p. 372; 1421 Thomas favier 5, Thommas ibid. 1259; 1423 Thomas ibid. 48; 1438 Thomas ibid. p. 267; 1589 Thomas raymond1588 p. 571
◑ 1392 Thomassin MemBret-II col. 599, Thomin ibid. col. 605, Thommasin ibid. col. 609; 1418 Thomassin HGParis p. 387, Thomin ibid. p. 388; 1421 Thomassin favier 1235, Thomin ibid. 305; 1438 Thomin ibid. p. 285
Germany
Latin
● 1212 Thomas quix-vol1 103; 1216 Thomas (nom) hennes-vol1 p. 25; 1234 Thomas (nom) quix-vol1 105
Early New High German
● 1402 Thomas (nom) mairhofer DCLXX; 1403 Thomasen (acc) ibid. DCLXXV; 1418 Thomas (acc) ibid. DCCVII; 1419 Thomas (dat) ibid. DCCXI; 1497 Thoman Nurn1497 130, Toman ibid. 88
Italy
Latin
● 1220 Thomas (nom) hennes-vol1 49; 1226 Thomas (nom) ibid. 70; 1265x1339 Tomasii (gen) BBC-Berg 144; 1285 Thomassi (gen) Perugia1285 p. 156; 1527 Thomas (nom) Rome1527 p. 84, Thomasius (nom) ibid. p. 83
◑ 1326 Thomassutto (abl) Friuli-14thC no. 421, Tomasutto (abl) ibid. no. 422; 1527 Massolus (nom) Rome1527 p. 87
Latvia
Latin
● 1290 Thome (dat) RigSB 21; 1295 Thome (dat) ibid. 56
The Netherlands
Dutch
● 1565 Thomas MagMiddelburg-1560; 1566 Thomas ibid.; 1567 Thomas ibid.; 1575 Thomas ibid.; 1576 Thomas ibid.
Poland
Latin
● 1228 Thomas (nom) hennes-vol1 p. 81
Scotland
Latin
● 1214–1226 Thoma (abl) morton-vol1 2; 1238 Thoma (abl) CartStAndrew p. 2; 1376 Thoma (abl) morton-vol1 16, Thomas (nom) ibid. 16, Thome (dat) ibid. 16; c1377 Thoma (abl) ibid. 5; 1381x1388 Thoma (abl) CartNBer [p. xxxvii]; 1387 Thoma (abl) CartLevenax p. 10; 1392 Thoma (abl) ibid. p. 11; 1456 Thoma (abl) morton-vol1 14; 1578 Thomas (nom) ibid. 15
Scots
● 1495 Thomas CrimTrials-I1 p. 15; c1550 Thomas CartNBer p. xxii
Spain
Latin
● 1487 Thomas (nom) carbonell p. 11
Catalan
● 1510 Thomas valencia1510 3290
Sweden
Old Swedish
● 1383 Thoma (gen) SRA-vol2 no. 1946, Thomas ibid. no. 1940, Thomos (gen) ibid. no. 1914
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