Origin and popularity of the name THOM

Origin

Thom : 1: Scottish and English: from the Middle English personal name T(h)om(me) a pet form of Thomas. In Scotland Thom is also an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thom see McComb.2: German: from the personal name Thom a pet form of Thomas. This surname is also found in France.3: Chinese: variant Romanization of the surname 譚 see Tan 1.

Combe : 1: Scottish (Midlothian and East Lothian): from Gaelic Mac Thom ‘son of Thom’ see Thomas. It is also a shortened form of McCombe.2: English: variant of Coombe.3: French: topographic name for someone living in or near a ravine from combe ‘narrow valley ravine’ (from Latin cumba a word of Gaulish origin); or a habitational name from Combe the name of several places in the southern part of France of the same etymology. Compare Lacombe.

McComb : Scottish and northern Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thom ‘son of Tom’ a short form of the personal name Thomas. Compare McTavish and McCombie.

McCoombe : from Mac Thom see McComb.

Mecum : English or Irish: perhaps an Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Thom ‘son of Tom’.

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