March 23, 2006 -- The most common length of a pregnancy in the U.S. is a week shorter than it was just over a decade ago, dropping from 40 weeks to 39 weeks, according to a new analysis from the March of Dimes.
The name Thomas is a Hebrew baby name. In Hebrew the meaning of the name Thomas is: Twin. The name Thomas is an American baby name. In American the meaning of the name Thomas is: Twin. The name Thomas is a Biblical baby name. In Biblical the meaning of the name Thomas is: A twin. The name Thomas is a Shakespearean baby name. In Shakespearean the meaning of the name Thomas is: Henry IV' Duke of Clarence. Thomas Wart, country soldier.
familiar shortening of masc. proper name Thomas, used by late 14c. as a type of a nickname for a common man. Applied 17c. as a nickname for several exceptionally large bells. Short for Uncle Tom in the sense of black man regarded as too servile to whites is recorded from 1959. Tom Walker, U.S. Southern colloquial for the devil is recorded from 1833. Tom and Jerry is first attested 1828 in many extended senses, originally the names of the two chief characters (Corinthian Tom and Jerry Hawthorn) in Pierce Egan's Life in London (1821); the U.S. cat and mouse cartoon characters debuted 1940 in Puss Gets the Boot.