Tommaso
The Italian form of Tomasz, but the root is Hebrew: te'om, "twin", the same sense Polish keeps in bliźniak. In Poland it stays a rarity, an Italian guest among the Tomaszes that most people will never meet.
Tommaso Pronunciation
Tommaso is pronounced tom-MAH-so (/tɔmˈmasɔ/).
What Tommaso means
Where Tommaso comes from and what it has meant to the people who carry it.
Tommaso begins in a Hebrew word, te'om, meaning twin. Polish keeps that sense in bliźniak. The name passed through Greek and Latin before Italy claimed it, and Tommaso is the form you hear from Sicily to the Alps.
Its most famous early bearer was Thomas the Apostle, remembered for doubting the resurrection until he could touch the wounds himself. Italy gave the name a scholar as well. Tommaso d'Aquino, the thirteenth-century friar we call Thomas Aquinas, spent his life arguing that faith and reason could hold together. A painter carried it too: Tommaso di ser Giovanni, known to the world as Masaccio.
The twin sense stays close to the surface. It suggests someone matched, a second who stands beside a first. On a Polish form at the urząd, Tommaso reads as an Italian guest among the Tomaszes.
Say it and the meaning is still there. Tommaso, the twin.
How many people are named Tommaso
1 in 117935 men in Poland is named Tommaso. 181 people carry it in the 2025 register: rank #2364 among male names.
Tommaso's popularity over time
Fewer than 2 boys were given the name in 2025. It has been falling steadily since 2000.
Tommaso as a middle name
Tommaso is a first name for 181 men in Poland and a middle name for another 17, a 91/9 split. In the men's middle-name ranking it sits 2267th, between Teodozjusz (17) and Trường (17).
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#2265 Sudhir17
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#2266 Teodozjusz17
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#2267 Tommaso17
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#2268 Trường17
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#2269 Tu17