Girl · Aramaic, through Greek and English
Tamsin
Say it: TAM-zin
Meaning
Cornish contraction of Thomasina, feminine of Thomas, from Aramaic te'oma 'twin'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Long a characteristically Cornish name before spreading more widely in the 20th century.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 370 babies given this name since 1955
- At its height in 2017, about 1 in 63,800 girls
- 20 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tamzin
| English | Thomasina |
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Famous bearers
- Tamsin Greig, English actress
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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