Thomasina

Thomasina or Thomasine is the feminine form of the given name Thomas, which means "twin". Thomasina is also the title for reprint versions of the book Thomasina, the Cat Who Thought She Was God.

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".

People named Thomasina (and variants)

Tammy Beaumont (born 1991), English cricketer
Tamsin Blanchard, British fashion journalist
Tamsin Egerton (born 1988), British actress
Tamsin Greig (born 1966), British actress
Tamsyn Challenger, Cornish artist
Dame Tamsyn Imison (1937–2017), British educator
Tamsyn Leevey (born 1978) New Zealand squash player
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
Thomasin McKenzie (born 2000), New Zealand 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
Tammi Terrell (1945–1970), American recording artist

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.
Tamsin, a character in the television series Lost Girl.
Thomasin, a character in Robert Eggers' 2015 film The Witch.

Similar names

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