MEANING & HISTORY
What does Tomasa mean?
Tomasa is the Spanish feminine form of Thomas, with the masculine counterpart Tomás. The older name developed from an Aramaic word meaning twin through Greek transmission.
The final a marks feminine adaptation of the personal name; it does not add a separate word for little sister. The apostle Thomas belongs to the broader Christian history of the name family. Its twin meaning is linguistic ancestry and does not establish that a particular Tomasa has a twin sibling.
Pronunciation & syllables
Dictionary readings are kept by language. Select the reading that matches your intended pronunciation. Dots show the source’s written divisions; they are not a universal syllable count across languages.
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Origin and name formation
Language-specific accounts from the dictionary. A shared spelling can have more than one history.
CebuanoEtymology & source
From Spanish Tomasa.
a female given name from Spanish
Wiktionary: Tomasa (Cebuano) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
SpanishEtymology & source
a female given name, masculine equivalent Tomás [=Thomas], equivalent to English Tamsin or Thomasina
Wiktionary: Tomasa (Spanish) ↗ · Contributors · CC BY-SA 4.0
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Use in Philippine-linked records
Public-record transcription
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eligible source records · 2001
This spelling is reported in an openly licensed transcription of elected-candidate records. This is a record count, not a birth count or national popularity measure.
OpenHalalan / COMELEC ↗PSA · OFFICIAL BIRTH RECORDS
Tomasa in the birth records
Exact spelling and stated year in the published name tables. Read the counts as individual snapshots.
Tables included: 2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2022, 2023 and 2024. The 2016 fact sheet lists five names per sex; the later tables include ten. Missing counts are not inferred. Sex categories follow the official tables, independently of dictionary gender labels. Explore the official tables →
Similar names to Tomasa
Names with a similar opening or ending, ordered by spelling distance. Similar spelling does not imply the same meaning or origin.
Names in this collection
- Tomas♂Twin
- Tomás♂Twin; from Aramaic through Thomas
- Asa♂♀Biblical Asa, traditionally linked with healer
- Tobias·Greek form of Tobiah: Yahweh is good
- Tom♂Short form of Thomas; twin
- Tomiko♀Wealth + child in the 富子 spelling
- Tommy♂Affectionate form of Tom or Thomas
- Tomoko♀Wisdom + child in 智子; other spellings differ
What rhymes with Tomasa?
No dictionary-confirmed rhyme match is available for this spelling in the current catalogue.
Explore Tomasa further
Follow the sources
- OpenHalalan — pinned 2001 COMELEC transcription (opens in a new tab)
Source-reported given-name form in a row with a separate explicit middle initial; ODbL-1.0.
- COMELEC — 2001 List of Elected Candidates (opens in a new tab)
Original document identified by the transcription; selected PDF entries were spot-checked, not every imported row.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tomasa (Cebuano) (opens in a new tab)
Explicit given-name sense and separately attributed etymology; no birth-frequency claim.
- Wiktionary contributors — Tomasa (Spanish) (opens in a new tab)
Language-specific given-name etymology; shared spelling does not prove every bearer has this origin.
- Behind the Name — Tomasa (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.
- Behind the Name — Thomas (opens in a new tab)
Consulted account of the name’s formation, relevant root elements, or explicitly linked base name.