- Thomsen
Family name
name = Thomsen
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meaning = "son of Thomas"
region =Denmark
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related names =Thomason, Thomson, Thompson
footnotes =Thomsen is a Danish
patronymic surname meaning "son of Tom (or Thomas)", itself dervied from theAramaic תום or "Tôm", meaning "twin". There are many varied surname spellings, with the first historical record believed to be found in 1252. Thomsen is uncommon as agiven name .Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, "Oxford Dictionary of First Names",Oxford University Press , 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p.260.] [cite web |url=http://www.britishsurnames.co.uk/surnames/THOMSEN |title=Surname Summary Data for THOMSEN |publisher=britishsurnames.co.uk |accessdate=2008-01-09] [cite web |url=http://www.surnamedb.com/surname.aspx?name=Thomsen |title=Surname: Thomsen |publisher=surnamedb.com |accessdate=2008-01-09]People with the surname Thomsen include:
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Britta Thomsen (b. 1954), Danish politician
*Cecilie Thomsen
*Christian Jürgensen Thomsen (1788 – 1865), Danish archaeologist
*Claus Thomsen (b. 1970), Danish former professional footballer
*Finn Thomsen
*Fred Thomsen
*Grímur Thomsen (1820 - 1896), Icelandic poet and editor
*Grover C. Thomsen
*Gunnar H. Thomsen
*Hans Peter Jørgen Julius Thomsen (1826 – 1909), Danish chemist
*Hasse Thomsén (1942 – 2004), Swedish heavyweight boxer
*Ib Thomsen (b. 1961), Norwegian politician
*Linda Chatman Thomsen
*Lynn Thomsen
*Mads Thomsen
*Marlene Thomsen
*Martha Thomsen (b. 1957), American model
*Martinus Thomsen
*Moritz Thomsen
*Søren ulrik thomsen
*Stu Thomsen (b. 1958), American bicycle motocross (BMX) racer
*Sven Thomsen
*Tina Thomsen
*Tue Bjørn Thomsen (1972 – 2006), Danish professional boxer
*Ulrich Thomsen (b. 1963), Danish actor
*Vern Thomsen
*Vilhelm Thomsen (1842 – 1927), Danish linguistReferences
ee also
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Thomson (surname)
*Thompson (surname)
*Thomason
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