Tom

Meaning

Proper Noun

  • A male given name, also used as a formal male given name.
  • A nickname for the common man.
  • A large, deep-toned bell, or a particularly notable example of one.

Origin

  • Possibly onomatopoeia, conflated with the given name, given the practice of giving objects such as Big Ben human names. Alternatively, it may derive from an inscription on the old bell used as metal to make the Great Tom of Oxford in 1680: In Thomæ laude resono bim bom sine fraude.

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