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Thoughts on Tamsin?

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MimiSunshine · 10/03/2019 08:41

We can’t find a single girls name we both like.
I’ve considerd Tamsin before and starting to consider it again but don’t come across it much so was wondering what others thought of it?

Classic
Dated?
A bit ‘posh’ in a good or a bad way?
Common

Etc etc

Our DD is P ene lope so want a name that has a similar feel to that which to me is
Classic
Feminine but not too girly
Known but not overly common
Don’t mind the ‘its a bit posh’ comments we got in the early days

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MimiSunshine · 10/03/2019 18:13

@FiddleFadeDingDong tell me about it 😱 I thought it was a joke and he doesn’t think it’s that much different to An(n)abel 😳

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MarshaBradyo · 10/03/2019 17:42

I love Annabel but also like Tamsin

Two n though in Annabel

FiddleFaddleDingDong · 10/03/2019 17:40

Clarabella has to be the frilliest name in frill town.

DrMadelineMaxwell · 10/03/2019 17:38

I still get Tazmin a ,it even with the z spelling. Not the end of the world though.

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MimiSunshine · 10/03/2019 17:35

Thanks all. I totally get the slightly mixed feelings around it.

I’m not sure I love it but do like it a lot and DP doesn’t seem sold on it but I think that’s partly because I love Juliette and he is very keen on Isabelle (with Isabella close behind and a recent suggestion of Clarabella 🤨).

Neither of either of us want to use the others preference so I’m letting Juliette go 😔 and trying to find a name that ticks the boxes for both of us.
Which I think means going for something a bit frillier than I would truly choose as the middle name is something I’ve chosen and means a lot to me and DP is sort of just going along with.

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BornInTheLGI · 10/03/2019 17:06

@Doyoumind, you said what I was about to say!

It's a great name. Neither 'posh' nor common (in any sense) nor yooneeeek. Goes well with Penelope, too. Anabel conjures up a completely different type of girl to me...

dontticklethetoad · 10/03/2019 17:05

I love it.

I know two Tamsins and they are the loveliest and kindest women I know.

IdaBWells · 10/03/2019 17:02

If you go for it perhaps using the Tamzin spelling will prevent people from seeing it as Tasmin on a quick glance?

I think it definitely had a revival when I was a kid, so late 1960s early 70s. In my experience it was used by “creatives” and some were posh and some weren’t (by that I mean my parents were in a circle with actors, journalists, and people working in the arts generally). I’ve always liked it and I think it may have been part of the 60s celebration of folk history in Britain and using names linked to regional locations. Jennifer (which is also Cornish) was another name at that time which name became as huge as it did in the USA. Other names I would put in that group (not because they have historic connections but more the “feel’) are Jessica, Tara, Tess, Tabitha. Familiar and yet not overused. They came back after lying dormant in romantic novels set in regional areas.

BareBelliedSneetch · 10/03/2019 16:44

I think it’s a lovely name. Just as it is.

ItsInTheSpoon · 10/03/2019 16:38

@MimiSunshine sorry, derailing your thread Blush

ItsInTheSpoon · 10/03/2019 16:36

@Izzy24 The vicarage where Tamzin lived in the stories is a real house in Rye Harbour. It’s a beautiful area with the salt marsh and beach

FiddleFaddleDingDong · 10/03/2019 16:28

Love it. Puts me in mind of a free spirited 17th century strumpet.

Izzy24 · 10/03/2019 16:21

@ItsInTheSpoon

My favourite book as a child was Wish for a Pony. But I didn’t know it was set around Rye!

ItsInTheSpoon · 10/03/2019 15:50

@stella47 Monica Edwards wrote stories featuring Tamzin and her pony Cascade, set around Rye - wonderful stories

stella47 · 10/03/2019 15:36

I love it. It was my favourite name when I was little - I think one of my pony book heroes was called Tamsin - and I still love the name.

DramaAlpaca · 10/03/2019 15:32

I adore it. I've only ever known two, one's in her 50s and the other is a toddler. I have a slight preference for the Tamzin spelling. It goes really well with Penelope.

Shadow1234 · 10/03/2019 15:29

I really like it and think it goes well with Penelope.

PerdHapley · 10/03/2019 12:55

Really like Tamsin. We considered it, and also had Corinne on the list but worried about similar issues with pronunciation (people saying CorEEN instead of CorIN).

Tavannach · 10/03/2019 12:54

Tamsin is lovely and goes well with Penelope. I prefer it to Anabel, which sounds a bit dated imo

Izzy24 · 10/03/2019 12:50

I know a grown up Tamasin , so a slightly different spelling.

But beautiful name.

WoahThereMama · 10/03/2019 12:50

I really like Tamsin. I would’ve considered it for my new DD only I work with one and didn’t want anyone to think that I’d named DD after her Grin

Tawdrylocalbrouhaha · 10/03/2019 12:47

I like it a lot. I don't think it's posh, and all the ones I know are my age (40ish) but I don't think it's dated as such - would be very cute on a little girl.

VelvetPineapple · 10/03/2019 12:43

It’s a bit 1980s imo. Most Tamsins are in their 40s now and the name isn’t old enough to have come full circle and be trendy again. It also isn’t posh at all, if that’s what you were aiming for.

CloserIAm2Fine · 10/03/2019 12:39

I like it, possibly because I only know one and she’s lovely. She’s known as T(ee) so Tammy isn’t inevitable. I think it goes nicely with Penelope

blankittyblank · 10/03/2019 12:30

I think it's a Cornish name.. it's pretty common where I'm from in the south west. In fact, if ever I meet anyone called it, turns out they're usually Cornish! I like it though, not too common but not crazy unusual either.

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