Thomasina
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, famous Motown singer (1945–1970)
- Tamsin Egerton, British actress
- Tamsin Greig, British actress
- Tamsyn Manou, Australian athlete and middle distance runner (born: 20 July 1978)
- Tamzin Malleson, British actress
- Tamzin Merchant, British actress
- Tamzin Outhwaite, British actress
- Thomasina Miers, winner of BBC Masterchef 2005
- Thomas(ine) Hall, 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 song by The Besnard Lakes.