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Tam

Gender: M Popularity: this week. Origin of Tam: Scottish variation of Thomas Meaning of Tam: "twin"

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Popularized in Scotland by Tam o'Shanter, the hero of one of Robert Burns most famous poems, it's associated in the US with the plaid cap he gave his name to.

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