Are these names very similar?

[MrBoot]

We have shortlisted the name Tamsin and I mentioned it to a friend this evening.. She hummed a little and said she didn't know anybody with this name but knew a couple of Tegans/Teagans. (unsure how to spell it).

I know both names begin with a T and end with N but I wouldn't have thought they were very similar as in I think of Tamsin as an old type name and Tegan as a modern name.

I asked DH tonight and he has now said that as he doesn't like the name Tegan, we shouldn't use the name Tamsin.

The thing is that was our frontrunner though.

I don't think they're particularly that similar.
I know a Tamsin, she goes by Tammy. She's also one of the kindest people I've ever met.

I wouldn't have called them very similar - okay, they start and end with the same letters, but the entire middle of the name has a different sound.

Tamsin is great, its on my list. You have good taste! Very different 'sorts' of names. Both two ayllables and start with T but I think those are the only similarities. Also don't like Teagan.

They are completely different. Don't let it put you off.

Not at all similar but I would say that Tamsin is classless and classy whereas Tegan is very....'new'

Tegan is along the same lines as Regan. Nothing like Tamsin.

No. Only like Susannah and Sarah, or Peter and Roger. I wouldn't call my two twins those names, but they really aren't that similar that you should be put off

They are in totally different classes of name. Nothing alike aside from the first and last letter, and they are such very different names (ie a completely different feel to them) that I wouldn't even have noticed that small similarity. Tamsin is much nicer. Go for it.

They are very different names.

Maybe Tamsin is on your friend's future baby name list and she's trying to put you off

I wouldn't say they were similar at all. And Tamsin is lovely!

Thanks for all your comments. I didn't think they were alike either.

I don't think she said it because it is on her own list. As far as I know she isn't planning any more children.

I wish I had not mentioned it to DH as he is really doubting using Tamsin now.

They are totally different names. And Tamsin is lovely, as is the spelling Tamzin.

I'm not so keen on Tegan.

Very different!

Very different in every respect.

My name is Tamsin! FYI and FWIW it's Cornish, and it's short for Thomasina. It's got a bit of history, whereas 'Tegan' is much more modern. The 'Tamzin' spelling is a modern version, but I think mostly from people who don't know its origin. Anyway, I like it, but then I guess I would...

Not similar at all! Don't understand that!

Hi again, yes I know it's meaning and where the name originated but it is a name in its own right soI wouldn't put Thomasina on the birth certificate as I don't particularly like it.

Tegan is more modern, to be honest I dislike the name so hearing Tamsin being grouped beside it is off putting.

Tamsin is lovely and unusual and nothing like Tegan.

I've always thought I would be really tempted to call boy/girl twins Thomas and Tamsin

I don't get why someone saying Teagan is 'common' (paraphrasing) has put the OP's DH off Tamsin?