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Tamsin

OriginEnglish, contracted form of Thomasina
Meaning"twin"
US RankUnranked

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About Tamsin

Tamsin is an offbeat name occasionally heard in Britain and just waiting to be discovered here. U.K. actress Tamsin Greig is a star of the show Episodes, Tamsin Olivier is the daughter of Joan Plowright and Sir Laurence Olivier..

Tamsyn is the alternative medieval Cornish spelling. Other spellings are represented by actresses Tamzin Outhwaite and Tamzin Merchant, and by writer Tamasin Day-Lewis, sister of Daniel.

Tamsin is a 1999 fantasy novel by Peter Beagle.

Pronounced TAM-sin.

As of October 2026, Tamsin ranked #13291 in US births in 2024 SSA, peaked at #4789 in 1956, Nameberry popularity #428.

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Famous Tamsins

  • Tamsin Agnes Margaret Olivier

    English actress; daughter of actors Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright

  • Tamsin Abbott

    English stained glass artist

  • Tamsin Margaret Greig

    English actress

  • Tamsin Egerton

    English actress

  • Tamsin Cook

    Australian swimmer

  • Tamsin Omond

    English environmental activist

  • Tamsin Dunwoody

    English politician

  • Tamsin Tilley "Tammy" Beaumont

    English cricketer

  • Tamsin West

    Australian actress

  • Tamsin Heatley

    English actress

  • Tamsen Fadal

    American TV journalist

  • Tamsen Donner

    American pioneer of the fatal Donner Party

  • Tamsin Topolski

    Actress

Tamsin in pop culture

  • Tamsin

    a Valkyrie on TV's "Lost Girl".

  • Tamsin Drew

    companion in the Doctor Who audio dramas.

  • Tamsin Greene

    character in the Once a Witch series.

  • Tamsin

    character in "Return of the Indian In The Cupboard".

  • Tamsin

    character in film My Summer of Love".

  • Tamsin

    a character in The Sparticle Mystery series.

  • Thomasin "Tamsin" Yeobright

    character in the Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native".

  • "Tamsin

    " novel by Peter Beagle.

  • Tamsin

    character in Rachel Hawking's *Her Royal Highness*.

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