Tom

Tom can be an abbreviated version of the given name Thomas. Other meanings are listed below.

Fictional characters named Tom

• The cat in the MGM cat-and-mouse cartoon series Tom and Jerry
• Tom Bombadil, a character from J.R.R. Tolkien's The Lord of the Rings.
• One-half of the (unrelated) 1930s Van Beuren Studios cartoon duo Tom and Jerry
• Uncle Tom, a character from the novel Uncle Tom's Cabin
• Tom Thumb, figure in English folklore
• Tom, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's cartoon block Toonami.
• Tom Y. Bourega, a teenage boy in the novel 'All Is True'.
• Tom Sawyer lead character in the novel by Mark Twain
• Tom Scavo, a character in the TV series Desperate Housewives
• Tom Swale, an Advisory(and later Senior)wizard in the Young Wizards series.
• Tom Riddle and his son Tom Marvolo Riddle, characters in the Harry Potter series.
• Tom Berenson, a character in the Animorphs series.
• Tom Zarek, a character in the TV series Battlestar Galactica (2004 TV series).
• Tom Nook, a character in the Animal Crossing video game series

Geography

• Tom River in eastern Russia, tributary to the Ob River.
• Tom River, Amur Oblast in far eastern Russia, tributary to the Zeya River.
• Tom, codename for a tunnel in Stalag Luft III
• TOM may be an abbreviation for:
  • Territoires d'outre-mer, the French Overseas Territories
  • The Slovenian term Temeljna obrestna mera

Miscellaneous

• Tom or tomcat, a male cat
• Traditional cat name
• Tom, used as an alternative word for turkey, prostitute, or (in Tudor English slang) lunatic.
• Tom-tom, a type of drum
• TomTom, a company that manufactures GPS navigation software and equipment
• Uncle Tom, African-American slang for an obsequious, servile, or witless person
• MySpace Tom, founder and creator of MySpace
• TOM Online, a mobile Internet company in China
• Tom, a short lived 1994 sitcom starring Tom Arnold on CBS.
• Tom, a Thai word for for a masculine-appearing lesbian.
• TOM, the ICAO code for the budget airline Thomsonfly.

Other uses of TOM as an abbreviation

• Theory of mind
• TOM computer language
• Toonami Operations Module, the robotic host of Cartoon Network's Toonami block
• Tournament of Minds, an annual children's competition held in Australia
• The Taxation Operations Manual used by the Canada Revenue Agency.
• Tune-o-matic, a guitar bridge