Entry № 10309 · English origin

Tamsin Tamsin — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TAM-sin /
Gender
Girl
Origin
English
Meaning
"Twin"
Syllables
2
First recorded
16th c. (English)

A name that means "twin".

Tamsin is an English feminine form of Thomas — from the Aramaic tʾoma, meaning "twin." Used in the West Country of England since the 16th century.

Tamsin is widely used in the UK. Tamsin Greig (born 1966) is the English actress.

Twin. The Cornish feminine of Thomas.

The name in its native script.

Tamsin
Transliteration
Tamsin
Pronunciation
/ ˈtæm.sɪn /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tamsin stands.

Tamsin does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Tamsins before her.

Real people
Tamsin Greig
British actress.
born 1966
In fiction
Tamsin
Heroine of Peter S. Beagle's Tamsin.
1999 novel

Names connected to Tamsin.

The number behind Tamsin.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tamsin reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.