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Thomasina

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RosieAndJimDoTheOldRagDoll · 02/11/2018 21:47

Classic or hormones?

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redexpat · 03/11/2018 07:20

Whats the Tom Stoppard play with a Thomasina? Shes very good at maths and has a tutor called Septimus. Arcadia! Just came to me.

17caterpillars1mouse · 03/11/2018 07:19

I love it, an obviously underappreciated classical name.

I like that it can be shortened to Tamsin too

LeeMiller · 03/11/2018 07:04

It's not classic like Thomas or Josephine.

I find it frilly and a bit of a mouthful, like Georgiana, and I think of it primarily as a cat's name, I don't hate it though.

QuaterMiss · 03/11/2018 05:44

Wonderful, elegant, serious, proper name!

Can't think of any likely shortenings that aren't pretty - but will really come into its own as she grows up. Impossible not to become a prize winning novelist, revolutionary orchestra conductor or director of a global institute for doing good with a name like that.

flumpybear · 03/11/2018 05:43

It's clunky but Tamsin or Tasmin are nice

mathanxiety · 03/11/2018 05:38

*'The Tale of Mrs Tittlemouse' (I never read the title.)

mathanxiety · 03/11/2018 05:37

I love it. I consider it a classic, and very stylish.

After reading and re-reading The Tale of Thomasina Tittlemouse to DD2 at least 250 times, I knew it off by heart at one point of my life. I still have a soft spot for The Tale...

I agree with LassWiADelicateAir.
It is considerably nicer by a long way than the Edwardian char lady names like Ivy, Maisie, Ruby, Pearl, Elsie and Daisy which in 2018 list of most popular names.

Peachbubble · 03/11/2018 05:28

I quite like it! But it's a bit of a mouthful though.

lovetherisingsun · 03/11/2018 04:55

It's a no from me

ReginaPhalange89 · 03/11/2018 04:54

Awful, sorry!

eachtigertires · 03/11/2018 00:20

Awful...sorry.

CrookedMe · 02/11/2018 23:07

God awful

slippermaiden · 02/11/2018 23:06

I really like it!

glitterfarts · 02/11/2018 22:54

Tamsin is nice. Arabella is pretty.
Georgia, Georgina, Nigella are all quite feminine sounding.

Henrietta and Thomasina are horrific.
As is Harriet.

orangecogs · 02/11/2018 22:53

I really love it, more as a middle name choice though

StrawberrySoup · 02/11/2018 22:52

It reminds me of Thomasina Tittlemouse from Beatrix Potter! I like it.

IVflytrap · 02/11/2018 22:49

Much prefer Tamsin.

It is considerably nicer by a long way than the Edwardian char lady names like Ivy, Maisie, Ruby, Pearl, Elsie and Daisy

One person's char lady is another person's beloved grandmother Wink . Or, these days, great-grandmother. A lot of the Edwardian names coming back are namesake names.

Sophronia · 02/11/2018 22:48

I really like Thomasina, Thomasine and Thomasin.

2kidsintow · 02/11/2018 22:43

I'm a Tamzin as m parents liked Thomasina but didn't want a 4 syllable name. I've never had anyone say my name is masculine.
Was once told it sounded like a Chinese restaurant

stayathomegardener · 02/11/2018 22:39

I can definitely comment on this being a Thomasine.

Hated it as a child and was officially known as Tommy or Tom/T to very close friends.

I do however use it for official purposes.

I turn 50 in January and am really growing in to it.

HTH

hellloooo · 02/11/2018 22:37

I'm sorry but I think it's really awful

MyOtherProfile · 02/11/2018 22:37

Nigella's sister was called Thomasina. She had another called Horatia. I always wondered if their parents really only wanted sons.

LassWiADelicateAir · 02/11/2018 22:32

Thomasin Yeobright is in The Return of The Native

Tamsin is a variant. I much prefer Thomasina- Tamsin sounds quite masculine. (Samson)

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RosieAndJimDoTheOldRagDoll · 02/11/2018 22:31

50% chance even

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RosieAndJimDoTheOldRagDoll · 02/11/2018 22:31

Love some of these replies!

We don't know the sex so there is a 50% I won't hate my baby Grin

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