Thomasena
Feminine · “twin”
Thomasena is a man's name with a Latin feminine ending fastened on. The man's name is not really a name at all: it is an Aramaic word meaning twin, and one gospel keeps stopping to explain it to readers who did not speak the language.
How old is the name Thomasena?
Thomasena first appears in US birth records in 1915 — 110 years ago. The typical Thomasena alive today was born around 1950, making them about 75 years old. About 500 people named Thomasena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Thomasena most popular?
Thomasena peaked in 1948, reaching #1858 nationally. See the whole 1948 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Thomasena
In John's gospel the apostle is introduced three times as Thomas, called Didymus, and Didymus is simply the Greek word for twin. The writer is translating the name for an audience that would not have caught it, which is a small piece of evidence about who the book was for. Whose twin he was is never said, and later traditions supplied several answers, some of them startling. The apostle is best known for demanding physical evidence, which gave English the phrase doubting Thomas and rather misrepresents the scene, since the text has him producing the strongest statement of belief in the whole book about ninety seconds later.
Meaning
twin
The Aramaic word behind Thomas means a twin, and the gospel of John glosses it in Greek each time the apostle appears. The reading is settled; only the feminine ending here is undocumented.
Pronouncing Thomasena
tom-uh-SEE-nuh
Four syllables with the weight on the third. Thomasina, with an i, is the commoner spelling and is said the same way.
Nicknames for Thomasena
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1915
- Most girls named
- 194826 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1858reached in 1948
- Change vs 1991
- 0.0%5 in 1992, from 5
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Thomasenas among us
people named Thomasena are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Thomasena sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The meaning is settled and can be given in one word.
- Tommie and Sena are both available as short forms and both are usable.
- The name behind it is ancient and understood everywhere without explanation.
- Thomasina is the commoner spelling, so this version will be corrected to it regularly.
- Four syllables is a lot for an American form, and it will be shortened by other people first.
- It reads as a name of a much older generation, which is either the appeal or the obstacle.
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Frequently asked
- How many Thomasenas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 500 people named Thomasena are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Thomasena in 2025?
- Thomasena is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Thomasena with classmates?
- Thomasena will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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