thomasina/tomasina

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and one more...

Are you asking for comments? If so, I have always thought of it as one of those 'Actually, we really wanted a boy' -type names.

(I'm sure someone who loves it will be along in a mo.)

don't really like that much, sorry, prefer the look of the second version with To not Tho

My MIL is called Thomasina and she always gets called Ina. x

nooooo

Personally I'm not keen on Thomasina, but if you did choose it, Tina as a nickname would be nice IMO.

How about Tamasine (a later version of Thomasina), Theodora, Marina or Christina?

Agree with wb. Up there with Roberta.

What about Tamsin? Comes from Thomasina/Thomasine but easier to spell

I really love it - I love Ernestine, Albertine, Augusta and Roberta too (and do not like the boys version)
I don't like Thomas, but really love Thomasina - sounds really elegant to me, and i really like Tommie as a nn.

Like Tommie as a nn, but Thomasina is a very large cat.

Isn't that the name of the Cat in the Walt Disney film. I quite like it - definitely too nice a name for a cat.

It's awful sorry.

my ex bf's mother had a cat called thomas that they later found out was a girl, was nicknamed thomasina for the rest of its life. cant dis-associate with that unfortunately!

I love it.

I know a 6 year old Thomasina. It has grown on me and now I quite like it. It suits her very well.

I was nearly a Thomasina but it was vetoed by the midwife! I really like it and would be very happy to be a Thomasina now. It would probably have been a nightmare for mickey-taking in school but then I'm from an era where unusual names were not the fashion at all.

Love it.

Love it!

I went to an all girls school and there were sisters Thomasina, Wilhelmina, Phillipa, Josephina, and another sister with a similar name that I can't remember.

They were quite well known as there were so many of them and because of their names. All gorgeous out going girls and a few of them ended up doing medicine like their Dad.

Do you think the parents wanted a boy?!

I considered Frederique for my DD.

I don't get the "actually we wanted a boy" point....

....because loads of girls names have a male equivalent.

E.g.
Phillipa/Phillip
Thea/Theo
Julia/Julian
Josephine/Joseph
Charlotte/Charles
Nigella/Nigel

and I don't think Thomasina is any different. If parents name their child Thomas, then yes, you'd think they' have wanted a boy .

Sorry, but I really don't like either.

I went to school with a Jacobina which I have yet to come across again. Along with the usual Georginas, Harriets, Philippas etc. TBH I am not such a fan of Thomasina... just sounds a bit awkward somehow.

I think it's fab.I also love Erica.

Jocobina makes me chortle as we had a rabbit called Jacob, after further investigation we settled on Jacobetta.

Totally loving this name. Missy as a shortening.

Lots of feminine versions of boys' names work well but I find Thomasina a bit clumsy. Tamsin is much prettier.

Love it. Also love Paula and Phillipa!

I love it. I also love Wilhelmina, Paulina, Paulette, Frederika, Phillippa, Josephine/Josefina.

Perversely, I hate Roberta and Erica.