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Tamsin - Could she or I live with it??

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schmizaj · 14/09/2009 14:04

Hubby convinced this is what we should call 2nd baby if a girl. But not sure if I like it or not... Meets criteria of being

  • multi-syllabic (last name a v common single)
  • not in the top whatever
  • not too modern
  • doesn't clash with 1st daughter name Verity in rhyme or theme
  • don't know anyone else with it

Is it clunky, unpretty (wouldn't go as far as ugly), 80's, interesting?? Really unsure about it but so struggling to agree something and could pass it just so we can stop talking about it.... Thoughts appreciated, can be brutal....

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rubyslippers · 14/09/2009 14:04

i really, really like it and it is on my girl's list

Tortoise · 14/09/2009 14:06

I prefer Yazmin/Yasmin but i am bias .

BitOfFun · 14/09/2009 14:07

Nice

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schmizaj · 14/09/2009 14:11

Hmm interesting...

actually Jasmine considered as well but thinking this bit different...

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schmizaj · 14/09/2009 14:12

Yes Tammy a bit wet, but call 1st daughter by first name so could discourage it

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alwayslookingforanswers · 14/09/2009 14:18

DS1 has a friend at school called Tamsin - she's lovely...........ermm not very helpful was I

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schmizaj · 14/09/2009 14:44

So maybe think of 'Tamsin's' as nice girls? I'm not British so don't know if there are any other connotations with it... (You know looking at the school role making assumptions etc)

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MovingOutOfBlighty · 14/09/2009 14:46

Tammy is a terrible shortening - make sure you don't allow it! Tammy is v wet.
Jasmine is a bit chav.
Tamzin/Tamasin/Tamsin OK but quite rah.

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schmizaj · 14/09/2009 14:48

Ha ha interesting!!

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AvengingGerbil · 14/09/2009 14:54

I was at school with a Tamsin in the 70s, who was universally known as Tampon (sorry).

southernbelle77 · 14/09/2009 15:15

DH and I talked about Tamsin. What put me off was the 'tampon' nickname being given at school!

(I went to school with a Tamsin who was never nicknamed Tampon as far as I know, but you never know do you!)

cyteen · 14/09/2009 15:17

I really dislike it, sorry. It does sound clunky to my ears, very wet, and Tammy is just awful.

Love Verity though. Don't spoil it with a Tamsin!

KaDeWeh · 14/09/2009 15:18

I know a nice Tamsin.

Isn't Tamsin an abbreviation of Thomasina? You could call your DD Thomasina and Tamsin for short. Thomasina is a very nice name, and not at all common.

thell · 14/09/2009 15:24

I'm undecided about Tamsin - so if I met a lovely little girl called Tamsin, I'm sure it would win me over!

Not sure if that's helpful or not

ludog · 14/09/2009 15:49

I was going to say what AvengingGerbil said only we called the Tamsin we knew Tampax. (Apologies to all Tamsins.)

Laugs · 14/09/2009 17:54

I think it's strange to give a child a name that you're wondering if she or you could live with. Choose a name you like!

(I like it well enough by the way, but that's not the point )

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schmizaj · 14/09/2009 18:14

Well I just can't come up with anything better. I like quite far out names, hubby likes top 10 so can never agree but this could be a middle ground. Just doesn't sound as pretty as our DD1 name which is my initial reaction, but like strong names too so could be brought around...

Hmm didn't forsee the tampon angle though... Think Tamsin could be a lovely girl but would have to have a thick skin...

Will probably be a boy after thinking so hard on it anyways!!!

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Tam75 · 23/09/2009 16:30

Ok, maybe I'm biased, but I think it's a great name! No-one's ever told me that they didn't like it (well not to my face anyway!), most people say they love it.

I've always liked being a Tamsin (never a Tammy, well apart from when I was 5 and had a 'Tammy Girl' t-shirt for a short while) & as for the tampax/tampon angle, a couple of boys tried to call me that when I was a teenager, but I just ignored them!

Def thumbs up from me

hullygully · 23/09/2009 16:33

Snice.

pranma · 23/09/2009 21:01

I think it is a truly gorgeous name

miche8 · 24/09/2009 08:47

i went to school with a girl called tamsin, she too got called tammy tampon.

funwithfondue · 24/09/2009 16:39

Love it!

Tammy or Tamsyn/Tamsin.

Unusual, (not many girl's names start with a 'T'), strong and feminine at the same time.

As has been said a million times before, kids will make stupid nicknames out of any name, whether it be plain, current, unusual or foreign - it all depends on the personality of your child! And if they do, it's only during the school years - you carry a name for your whole life (speaking as someone with a very unusual name who experienced this!)

Persephoponce · 24/09/2009 16:40

Tammy is awful, but I know a beautiful, stylish, upper class girl called Tamsyn (with the 'y') so I have those associations with the name.

qumquat · 24/09/2009 18:26

I love Tamsin. (also Jasmine). I had a school friend called Tamsin and it never occured to any of us to call her Tammy or anything related to tampons. Tamara is beautiful too.

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