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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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loveislikeabutterfly · 19/03/2023 17:18

As someone who enjoyed the Topsy and Tim books, I've always thought Tansy is a lovely name 😀

IglesiasPiggl · 19/03/2023 17:10

It's a bit wet lettuce in my opinion, and not a name for a serious adult woman.

Stressybetty · 19/03/2023 17:02

It's lovely but not really for a grown up. Maybe a more conventional middle name so she can choose to use either later?

deflatedbirthday · 19/03/2023 16:57

I know a Tansy. She's bloody brilliant! It's an unusual name but I really quite like it.

ohsuzannah · 19/03/2023 16:56

Love it 😍

HuntingoftheSnark · 19/03/2023 16:56

I think it's lovely. However, I agree with the PP who said that she'll forever have to say "not Pansy".

TheBermudaTriangle · 19/03/2023 16:53

I think it's a bit... pathetic and twee? Very cute for a tiny baby or toddler as a cute hippy name, but not sure I could imagine being taken seriously as a professional, grown-up Tansy.

Bluevelvetsofa · 19/03/2023 16:50

It’s a lovely name and unusual without being over the top.

QuillBill · 19/03/2023 16:48

In Jilly Cooper's Riders, Jake Lovell keeps a tansy flower in his boot for luck.

HappyJellyBaby · 19/03/2023 16:40

It's a lovely unusual name with a long history. I really like it. (Although I also really like Tamsin suggested by a pp)

Glittertrauma · 19/03/2023 16:37

It's cute but there's something about it that sounds a bit like an antiquated medical condition for some reason 'Oh, she's got the tansy!'.

DramaAlpaca · 19/03/2023 16:36

It's cutesy, and that's what's wrong with it - along with the miscarriage herb angle. It's a big no for me.

JamSandle · 19/03/2023 16:25

I think it's unusual, quirky, lovely.

RuthW · 19/03/2023 16:06

Awful. Sorry

Wonnle · 19/03/2023 14:47

Sounds like a redneck banjo player type name to me

OnTheThames · 19/03/2023 14:47

Too cutesy and a bit made up sounding.

drpet49 · 19/03/2023 14:44

Sounds like a nickname. Don’t like it anyway.

Cloudhoppingdancer · 19/03/2023 14:41

I think she'll be forever saying "No it's not Pansy"...

Turquoisesea · 19/03/2023 14:38

My friend has a 15 year old daughter called Tansy, I think it’s a lovely unusual name

FloraGreysteel · 19/03/2023 14:37

Love it!

LadyWithLapdog · 19/03/2023 14:33

I’ve never heard the name or of the plant. Do you pronounce it with a Z? It’s similar sounding to Tamsin.

Smogtopia · 19/03/2023 14:29

I prefer Tesni (Welsh) or Tamsin. Something about the way tansy rolls off the tongue I dislike. It feels like it's a bit jarring as it's familiar like Tamsin or Pansy (the flower not a name!) but feels a bit 'wrong'

Emmamoo89 · 19/03/2023 14:26

Don't like it

HouseOfEssex · 19/03/2023 14:19

Too "cutesy" for me - can you have it as a nickname for something else? Tamsin is lovely?

JaneJeffer · 19/03/2023 14:04

Loved Tansy on Hart of Dixie but it sounds more like a nickname