Tansy

Flower name, from Greek

"immortality"

Tansy Origin and Meaning

The name Tansy is a girl's name of Greek origin meaning "immortality".

Tansy is a flower name rarer than Rose, livelier than Lily and a lot less teasable than Pansy.

Tansy is a perennial herbaceous plant of the aster family that has clusters of small bright yellow blossoms. It was cultivated by the ancients for medicinal purposes, and has found a variety of other uses over the ages, associated with health and immortality.

There have been a couple of eponymous novels titled Tansy, and it was the name of a character on Hart of Dixie,

Tansy Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 1281 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Tansy

• 1281 Nameberry 2025

20 Names Similar to Tansy

These 20 names were selected by our users that were looking for other names like Tansy.

• Binnie
• Olivine
• Minka
• Anise
• Edelweiss
• Mauve
• Bijou
• Dulcie
• Galilee
• Winsome
• Ibby
• Rigby
• Florine
• Elvie
• Lulie
• Milou
• Loveday
• Minty
• Peridot
• Avis

Famous People Named Tansy

• Tansy Davies English composer and conductor
• Tansy Rayner Roberts Australian novelist
• Tansy Aspinall daughter of John Aspinall, referred to as "daughter of the jungle"
• Tansy Alexander American voice actor

The name Tansy in Pop Culture

• Tansy Firle character in "Tansy" by Tickner Edwardes
• Tansy Truitt character on TV's "Hart of Dixie"
• Tansy Saylor/Taylor a main character in "Conjure Wife" by Fritz Leiber and film "Night of the Eagle"
• Tansy hedgehog character (later the Abbess) in the Redwall series by Brian Jacques
• Tansy character mentioned by Hoster Tully on his deathbed in George R. R. Martin's "Game of Thrones" series ("A Storm of Swords")
• Tansy Malone main character in "Tansy" by Maureen Peters