Thomasina
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Thomasina or Thomasine is the feminine form of the given name Thomas, which means "twin".
Thomasina is often shortened to Tamsin. Tamsin can be used as a name in itself; variants of Tamsin include Tamsyn, Tamzin, Tamsen, Tammi and Tamasin. Although Aramaic in origin, the version "Tamsin" is especially popular in Cornwall and Wales. Along with Tamara it is the ancestor of "Tammy".
Famous Thomasinas (and variants)
- Tammi Terrell (1945–1970), American recording artist
- Tamsin Egerton (born 1988), British actress
- Tamsin Greig (born 1966), British actress
- Tamsyn Manou (born 1978), Australian athlete and middle distance runner
- Tamzin Malleson (born 1974), British actress
- Tamzin Merchant (born 1987), British actress
- Tamzin Outhwaite (born 1970), British actress
- Thomasina Miers (born 1976), British chef
- Thomasine, Lady Percival (c. 1470–c. 1530), Cornish benefactress
- Thomas(ine) Hall (c. 1603–after 1629), an intersex individual in British America
Fictional Thomasinas
- Beatrix Potter's Thomasina Tittlemouse.
- Tamsin Yeobright from The Return of the Native by Thomas Hardy. Her name is given alternately as Tamsin or Thomasin throughout the book.
- Thomasina, the feline heroine of the 1957 book Thomasina: The Cat Who Thought She Was God by Paul Gallico and The Three Lives of Thomasina, a 1964 Disney film based on the book.
- Thomasina, a character in Tom Stoppard's Arcadia.
- Thomasina, a character in the television series Kings.
- "Thomasina", a song by The Besnard Lakes.
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