Tommaso

Tommaso is a boy's baby name of Italian origin, the Italian form of Thomas, from the Aramaic toma, meaning 'twin.' It is the name used by two of Italy's most important intellectual figures: the philosopher Tommaso d'Aquino (Thomas Aquinas) and the poet Tommaso Campanella.

Tommaso Aquino — known to the world as Thomas Aquinas — was the 13th-century Dominican friar whose Summa Theologica became the foundation of Catholic philosophical theology. The Italian form of this apostolic name carries all that intellectual and spiritual weight in a form that feels both deeply rooted and elegantly Italian. For parents drawn to Thomas but seeking the Italian original, Tommaso is the authentic form.