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Tommasi Surname Meaning & Origin

What the Tommasi last name means, where the surname began and how it spread.

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Meaning and origin of the Tommasi last name

Meaning of the Tommasi last name: son of Tommaso (twin). Tommasi is an Italian surname from the personal name Tommaso, Thomas, from Aramaic "twin". The plural -i marks the household of a Tommaso. It is common in the Veneto and Tuscany. Novelist Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa carried a related form of the last name.

Arms associated with the Tommasi name

In Italy townspeople used a coat of arms as well as knights, and heraldry associated with the Tommasi name shares that civic tradition.

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Tommasi name FAQ

What does the Tommasi name mean?

Son of Tommaso (twin). Common variants include Tomasi, Di Tommaso.

Where does the Tommasi surname come from?

It originates in Italy, and is also found in the United States, Argentina and Switzerland.

Is there a Tommasi coat of arms?

Arms were granted to individuals rather than to everyone with a surname. Herald Lab paints a personalized Tommasi coat of arms in museum style, based on historic heraldry.

Sources: De Felice, Dizionario dei cognomi italiani; Caffarelli & Marcato, I cognomi d'Italia.