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Assyria Assyria ( Neo-Assyrian cuneiform: , romanized: ''māt Aššur''; syc, ܐܬܘܪ, ʾāthor) was a major ancient Mesopotamian civilization which existed as a city-state at times controlling regional territories in the indigenous lands of the ...

n usage, the name Toma is a version of

Thomas Thomas may refer to: People * List of people with given name Thomas * Thomas (name) * Thomas (surname) * Saint Thomas (disambiguation) * Thomas Aquinas (1225–1274) Italian Dominican friar, philosopher, and Doctor of the Church * Thomas the A ...

, originating from

Aramaic The Aramaic languages, short Aramaic ( syc, ܐܪܡܝܐ, Arāmāyā; oar, 𐤀𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤀; arc, 𐡀𐡓𐡌𐡉𐡀; tmr, אֲרָמִית), are a language family containing many varieties (languages and dialects) that originated in ...

''t’om’a'', meaning ''twin''. In the Russian language, Toma may be a diminutive of the male first name Avtonom.Petrovsky, p. 36 It is also a female name, meaning " date palm tree", derived from Tamar, which is a Hebrew Bible name. In Japan, it is a male name which is unrelated with the Bible nor "Thomas." The meaning will vary by which

kanji are the logographic Chinese characters taken from the Chinese family of scripts, Chinese script and used in the writing of Japanese language, Japanese. They were made a major part of the Japanese writing system during the time of Old Japanese ...

are used to write this name. Another name, Tōma, may also be Latinized as "Toma."

People with this surname

The Toma family is a family originally from

Muralto Muralto is a municipality in the district of Locarno, in the canton of Ticino in Switzerland. Geography Muralto has an area, , of . Of this area, or 71.7% is used for agricultural purposes, while or 3.3% is forested. Of the rest of the lan ...

( Switzerland) who emigrated to

Eastern Europe Eastern Europe is a subregion of the European continent. As a largely ambiguous term, it has a wide range of geopolitical, geographical, ethnic, cultural, and socio-economic connotations. The vast majority of the region is covered by Russia, whic ...

between the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th century.J. Toma, Famille Toma : dossier, Archives de l'Etat de Genève (Ms hist. 265), 2019, 39 p.comune di Muralto (Sito ufficiale dell'amministrazione comunale, Patriziato di Muralto. * Adrian Toma (born 1976), Romanian football player * Alexandru Toma (1875–1954), Romanian poet, journalist and translator *

Costică Toma Costică Toma (1 January 1928 – 13 May 2008) was a Romanian international football goalkeeper and later manager. Playing career He was born in Brăila, into a family coming from Muralto, Switzerland. Toma began his football career in 1940, wh ...

(1928–2008), Romanian footballer * Dorin Toma (born 1977), Romanian footballer * Emile Toma (1919–1985), Palestinian political historian *

George Toma George Toma (born February 2, 1929, in Edwardsville, Pennsylvania) is an American groundskeeper who specializes in working on sports facilities. Works Toma has maintained the fields at numerous stadiums used by Major League Baseball and National ...

(born 1929), American groundskeeper * HoSo Terra Toma, Korean drag queen * Miguel Ángel Toma, Argentine politician * Peter Toma, Hungarian-born computer scientist *

Sanda Toma (rower) Sanda Toma (later Urichianu, born 24 February 1956) is a retired Romanian rower. Competing in single sculls she won the world title in 1979 and 1981 and an Olympic gold medal in 1980. Toma first trained in handball and athletics, winning four ...

(born 1956), Romanian female rower * Sanda Toma (canoeist) (born 1970), Romanian female canoeist * Svetlana Toma (born 1947), Moldovan-Russian actress * Valer Toma (born 1957), Romanian rower * Veresa Toma (born 1981), Fijian footballer *

Yumi Tōma , known professionally as , is a Japanese voice actress, narrator, author and singer from Chiba. She has been part of the singing group Goddess Family Club. Tōma once worked for Aoni Production before she founded her own agency ALLURE&Y. Becaus ...

(born 1966), Japanese voice actress * András Toma (1925–2004), Hungarian soldier, the last prisoner of WW2 to be repatriated

People with this given name

* Toma bar Yacoub, 9th century Nestorian Assyrian bishop *

Toma Bebić Toma Bebić (November 6, 1935 – February 4, 1990) was a Croatian multidisciplinary artist: musician, writer, actor, painter and poet. During his life he worked as a navy officer, police inspector and journalist for " Nedjeljna Dalmacija" and "Vje ...

(1935–1990), Croatian musician and artist * Toma Caragiu (1925–1977), Romanian actor * Toma Ciorbă (1864–1936), Bessarabian and Romanian physician * Toma Ghițulescu (1902–1983), Romanian engineer, politician, and Olympic bobsledder *

Toma Ikuta is a Japanese actor. Ikuta is known for his roles in '' Hanazakari no Kimitachi e'', ''Honey & Clover'', '' Sensei!'', '' Maō'' and '' Ouroboros''. He also stars in feature films, notably ''Hanamizuki'', '' Ningen Shikkaku'' and ''Brain Man'' ...

(born 1984), (properly Ikuta Tōma), Japanese actor and singer * Toma Macovei (1911–2003), Romanian soldier and linguist * Toma Ovici, Romanian tennis player * Toma Prošev (born 1931), Macedonian composer *

Toma Rosandić Toma Rosandić ( sr-cyr, Тома Росандић; baptized as Tomaso Vincenzo, 22 January 1878 – 1 March 1958) was a Serbian and Yugoslav sculptor, architect and fine arts pedagog. Together with Ivan Meštrović (1883–1962), he was the most ...

(1878–1959), Croatian sculptor * Toma Sik (Toma Ŝik) (1939–2004), Hungarian-Israeli peace activist *

Toma Simionov Toma Simionov (born 30 October 1955) is a retired Romanian sprint canoer, who competed in doubles together with his elder brother Gheorghe and later with Ivan Patzaichin. He won three Olympic medals with two gold (1980 and 1984) and one silver ( ...

(born 1955), Romanian canoer * Toma Toke (born 1985), Tongan rugby union player * Toma Tomov (born 1958), Bulgarian athlete * Toma Zdravkov (born 1987), Bulgarian singer, winner of ''Music Idol'' song contest * Toma Zdravković (1938–1991), Serbian folk singer

Fictional characters

Toma Kamijo is a fictional character created by Kazuma Kamachi and first illustrated by Kiyotaka Haimura. He is the main protagonist of the light novel series ''A Certain Magical Index'' and a major character in its manga spin-off series ''A Certain Sci ...

, main protagonist of ''A Certain Magical Index''

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