Tom (given name)

Tom
Gender	Male
Language(s)	Aramaic
Origin
Derivation	Thomas

Tom is mostly used as a diminutive of Thomas. In Germanic countries and Scandinavia, "Tom" is in use as a formal given name. In modern Hebrew, the name Tom (Hebrew: תם, תום) is used as a unisex name, with the meaning of "innocence, naivety, simplicity" or "the end.”

The name Tôm also exists as an independent Aramaic name.

Disambiguation pages

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, American football player best known for playing with the New England Patriots
Tom Brandi (born 1966), American professional wrestler
Tom Browning (1960–2022), American professional baseball pitcher
Tom Cutler, Australian rules footballer
Tom Daley, English diver
Tom Drake (wrestler) (1930–2017), American professional wrestler
Tom Dwan, American poker player
Tom Gamboa, American baseball coach and manager
Tom Gilson (American football), American football
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 Hubert (born 1964), American road course racer
Tom Humble, 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 Kingston (rugby union), Australian rugby union player
Tom Landry, American Football coach for the Dallas Cowboys
Tom Leppard (1936–2016), English soldier best known as the most tattooed senior citizen
Tom Magee (born 1958), Canadian powerlifter and pro wrestler
Tom Maayan (born 1993), Israeli basketball player in the Israeli National League
Tom McKean (born 1963), Scottish former middle distance runner who won the European Championships 800m gold medal at Split in 1990
Tom Mees, American sports broadcaster
Tom Murphy (catcher) (born 1991), American baseball player
Tom Okker (born 1944), Dutch tennis player
Tom Paradise, American geomorphologist
Tom Peck, American Racing driver
Tom Platz (born 1955), American retired professional bodybuilder
Tom Pratt (American football), American football coach
Tom Prichard (born 1959), American retired professional wrestler
Tom Prince (bodybuilder) (1968–2022), American professional bodybuilder
Tom Rehder, American football player
Tom Rockliff, Australian rules footballer
Tom Stolhandske, American football player
Tom Stone, American retired professional wrestler
Tom Sunkel (1912–2002), American professional baseball player
Tom Symonds, Australian Rugby League player
Tom Tavares, Cape Verdean footballer
Tom Vu, 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, English politician, known principally as the founder of the British Union of Fascists
Tom Cotton, American politician
Tom DeLay, American politician
Tom van den Nieuwenhuijzen, Dutch politician
Tom Veen, Dutch politician
Tom Wolf, American politician

Personalities

Tom Bergeron, American television personality and game show host
Tom Holkenborg, Dutch DJ previously known as Junkie XL
Tom Scott (presenter), British YouTuber
Tom Westman, American firefighter and television personality
Thomas Ridgewell, British YouTuber and voice actor

Actors

Tom Adams (actor), English actor
Tom Bosley, American actor
Tom Cassell, British Youtuber
Tom Cruise, American actor
Tom Ellis (actor), Welsh actor best known for playing Lucifer Morningstar on Lucifer
Tom Felton, English actor and singer
Tom Hanks, American film actor
Tom Hardy, English actor
Tom Hiddleston, English actor
Tom Holland, English actor
Tom Gilson, American actor
Tom Glynn-Carney, English actor
Tom Green, Canadian actor and comedian
Tom Hopper, English actor
Tom Jordan, Irish actor
Tom Kane, American voice actor
Tom Kenny, American voice actor
Tom Lister (born 1978), English actor
Tom Maden, American actor
Tom Mix, American cowboy actor
Tom Poston, American actor
Tom Selleck, American actor and film producer
Tom Sizemore (1961–2023), American actor
Tom Sturridge, English actor best known for playing Dream (character) on The Sandman (TV series)
Tom Welling, American actor best known for playing Clark Kent on Smallville

Musicians

Tom Araya, American bassist and vocalist with Slayer
Tom Chaplin, British singer of Keane
Stompin' Tom Connors, Canadian singer/songwriter
Tom DeLonge (born 1975), American musician (blink-182)
Tom Evans (musician) (1947–1983), English musician and songwriter (Badfinger)
Tom Dowd, American sound engineer and producer for Atlantic Records
Tom Fogerty (1941–1990), American guitarist for Creedence Clearwater Revival
Tom Fowler, American bassist for Frank Zappa, The Mothers of Invention, It's a Beautiful Day, among others
Tom Hamilton, American bassist (Aerosmith)
Tom Jobim, Brazilian singer-songwriter
Tom Jones (singer), Welsh singer
Tom Kaulitz, guitarist of Tokio Hotel
Tom Morello, American guitarist (Rage Against the Machine and Audioslave)
Tom Petersson, American bassist (Cheap Trick)
Tom Petty (1950–2017), American singer-songwriter and musician
Tom Smothers, American comedian, composer, and musician (Smothers Brothers)
Tom Verlaine, American guitarist for the punk band Television
Tom Waits, American singer-songwriter, composer, and actor
Tom Zé, Brazilian singer‐songwriter

Artists

Tom Luckey (1940–2012), American architect and sculptor
Tomm Moore, Irish illustrator, comics artist and filmmaker
Tom Palumbo, Italian born, American photographer
Tom Tsuchiya, American sculptor

Other

Tom Brokaw, American anchor for NBC
Tom Clancy, American author
Tom DeSanto (born 1968), American film producer and screenwriter
Tom Foster, British Father and master vaccinator
Tom Freston (born 1945), American media proprietor, businessman, and financier
Tom Konyves, Canadian poet, pioneer of video poetry
Tom Hagen, Norwegian businessman
Tom Hooper, British-Australian film director
Tom McGillis, Canadian producer
Tom McLaury, Wild West gunfighter
Tom Moore, known as Captain Tom, a British Army officer
Tom Mylan, American butcher, author, writer
Tom O'Carroll, British paedophilia advocate
Tom Ruegger, American animator and screenwriter
Tom Segev, Israeli historian, author, and journalist
Tom Stone (magician), Swedish magician, editor and author
Tom Tykwer, German film director

Fictional characters

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 Thumb, character of English folklore
Tom Riddle, Harry Potter series villain
Talking Tom, A black cat and the main Character of the Talking Tom & Friends franchise
Tom Sawyer, title character of The Adventures of Tom Sawyer