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Tansy

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Cassiehopes · 19/03/2023 13:28

What do you think of this name? It’s always been my guilty pleasure name although I’m not sure why it makes me feel guilty. From Nameberry:

“The name Tansy is 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.”

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Squirrelsnut · 19/03/2023 14:03

I like it phonetically but it is a very bitter tasting herb associated with miscarriage, so personally I wouldn't use it

Same. Most other flower names are “nice“ plants.

Fakeairpodsfakeoodie · 21/03/2023 22:54

I know two women called Tansy both Anastasia on birth cert. 100s of miles apart and 10 years difference so it's not due to location etc.

Daisybuttercup12345 · 21/03/2023 22:34

Quite pretty. Remember it from the old Topsy and Tim books years ago.

GinnyBee · 21/03/2023 22:25

I watched Hart of Dixie and it fit really well. Having never heard the name before it was super believable as the name of a middle-American redneck. Take from that what you will!

HouseFullOfChaos · 21/03/2023 13:55

Cassiehopes · 20/03/2023 22:31

No, he’s Tandy! 😂 Love that show, so funny!

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Sorry! I got totally confused Grin

IDontWantToBeAPie · 20/03/2023 23:28

Tansy used to be used to cause abortions so tbh I'd avoid it myself.

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Cassiehopes · 20/03/2023 22:37

Mumma · 19/03/2023 20:56

Its the name they take the piss out of constantly on the show last man on earth

😂

Tansy
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Cassiehopes · 20/03/2023 22:31

HouseFullOfChaos · 19/03/2023 20:32

Tansy is a male character on The Last Man on Earth on Prime. I thought it was a made up name to be honest but I can see it working for a female.

No, he’s Tandy! 😂 Love that show, so funny!

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SpringIntoChaos · 20/03/2023 06:56

Sweet on a 3 year old. I can't imagine it on a 39 year old though. Some names are great on children but not on adults (and obviously the opposite is true).

I feel the same about all the Poppy/Milly type names though, so it could just be me 🤷‍♀️

If you like it, that's all that really matters at the end of the day.

abmac95 · 20/03/2023 03:02

makes me think pansy

AmandaMirandaPanda · 20/03/2023 02:58

There's also a (fictitious) Tansy who's the heroine/narrator of one of Emily Barr's early-00s chicklit/travel novels, Backpack. This Tansy is from a rich borderline-aristo family and has a successful London career in PR or law or something before she trades it all in to backpack solo around SEA. The author doesn't specify, but one suspects she has cousins called Dido and Araminta. This Tansy has issues, but she's definitely not wet, soft, sweet, juvenile, or dim. However, she does get called Tamsin a lot by people she's just met.

technotstarnotechstar · 19/03/2023 22:54

Cute name for a hamster.

smashinggrapes · 19/03/2023 22:23

You'd have to be thick as fuck to mispronounce Tansy as Tammy so 🤷🏽‍♀️🤣

MumOf2workOptions · 19/03/2023 22:06

My friend is "Tamsine" and she's very cool 😎

Enko · 19/03/2023 21:57

Its beautiful I have a friend in her 50 called this and I do love it as a name.

BangingOn · 19/03/2023 21:56

There was a Tansy a few years above me at school and I always thought it was the most beautiful name.

Sorryyoufeelthatway · 19/03/2023 21:54

Cute, only like Tammy if you can’t read english.
Its clearly the same as pansy the flower but with a t.

MintTeaAndChocolate · 19/03/2023 21:49

Thandi is nicer imo.

MintTeaAndChocolate · 19/03/2023 21:48

MrsMoastyToasty · 19/03/2023 13:37

I think a lot of people would mispronounce it as Tammy.

Only really thick people 🤷‍♀️

AlltheFs · 19/03/2023 21:03

I like it. It’s not my absolute favourite name ever but it’s a good name. Use it @Cassiehopes

clpsmum · 19/03/2023 20:59

I looooooove it

Mumma · 19/03/2023 20:56

Its the name they take the piss out of constantly on the show last man on earth

Inkypot · 19/03/2023 20:41

It's a nice name but I've only ever heard it as a dog's name if I'm honest.
BUT that doesn't mean don't use it, my own girl has a name loads of people have named their dogs and cats so no judgement from me!
I do like it 💕

Joolsin · 19/03/2023 20:38

I love it. I've only ever met one girl with this name, she's 12 and a fab character.

Abra1t · 19/03/2023 20:35

I like Tansy.