Tamsin

English, contracted form of Thomasina

"twin"

Tamsin Origin and Meaning

The name Tamsin is a girl's name of English origin meaning "twin".

Tamsin is an offbeat name occasionally heard in Britain and just waiting to be discovered here. U.K. actress Tamsin Greig is a star of the show Episodes, Tamsin Olivier is the daughter of Joan Plowright and Sir Laurence Olivier..

Tamsyn is the alternative medieval Cornish spelling. Other spellings are represented by actresses Tamzin Outhwaite and Tamzin Merchant, and by writer Tamasin Day-Lewis, sister of Daniel.

Tamsin is a 1999 fantasy novel by Peter Beagle.

Tamsin Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 493 on Nameberry

Popularity of the name Tamsin

• 493 Nameberry 2025

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Famous People Named Tamsin

• Tamsin Agnes Margaret Olivier English actress; daughter of actors Laurence Olivier and Joan Plowright
• Tamsin Abbott English stained glass artist
• Tamsin Margaret Greig English actress
• Tamsin Egerton English actress
• Tamsin Cook Australian swimmer
• Tamsin Omond English environmental activist
• Tamsin Dunwoody English politician
• Tamsin Tilley "Tammy" Beaumont English cricketer
• Tamsin West Australian actress
• Tamsin Heatley English actress
• Tamsen Fadal American TV journalist
• Tamsen Donner American pioneer of the fatal Donner Party
• Tamsin Topolski Actress

The name Tamsin in Pop Culture

• Tamsin a Valkyrie on TV's "Lost Girl".
• Tamsin Drew companion in the Doctor Who audio dramas.
• Tamsin Greene character in the Once a Witch series.
• Tamsin character in "Return of the Indian In The Cupboard".
• Tamsin character in film My Summer of Love".
• Tamsin a character in The Sparticle Mystery series.
• Thomasin "Tamsin" Yeobright character in the Thomas Hardy's "The Return of the Native".
• "Tamsin " novel by Peter Beagle.
• Tamsin character in Rachel Hawking's *Her Royal Highness*.