Tomek
Usually the everyday short form of Tomasz, from the Hebrew for "twin". On its own it stays rare: barely more than a hundred Polish men carry it, all male, though a few boys have gotten it fresh in recent years.
Tomek Pronunciation
Tomek is pronounced TO-mek (/ˈtɔmɛk/).
What Tomek means
Where Tomek comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tomek is the everyday Polish form of Tomasz. Its origin is Hebrew, reaching Polish through the Aramaic te'oma, which means twin. The short sense stays plain. Bliźniak, twin.
The name traveled west with Thomas the Apostle, whom the Greek Gospel of John also names Didymos, a second word for twin. The meaning doubled across two languages before it reached Poland. In the church calendar, Tomasz keeps his imieniny on 3 July and again on 29 December.
Polish readers know a young Tomek from the page. He is Tomek Wilmowski, the boy hero of Alfred Szklarski's adventure novels. The full name Tomasz waits on the official form at the urząd, while Tomek is what a boy answers to on the school register.
Alongside Tomasz sits the variant Toma. The name has never needed decoration. Its meaning is still twin, bliźniak.
How many people are named Tomek
1 in 162948 men in Poland is named Tomek. 131 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2911 among male names.
Tomek's popularity over time
2 boys were given the name in 2025, ranking #1854 among newborns. It has been climbing since 2023.
Tomek as a middle name
Tomek is a first name for 131 men in Poland and a middle name for another 36, a 78/22 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 1366th, between Tibor (36) and Trevor (36).
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