Tamzin
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- TAM-zin
- Origin
- Aramaic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Tamzin is a girls' name of Aramaic origin, meaning “twin”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Tamzin mean?
Aramaic: Cornish form of Thomasina
“twin”
Cornish form of Thomasina, the feminine of Thomas, from Aramaic 'twin'.
Is Tamzin a girl's or a boy's name?
Tamzin is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Tamzin in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling fast down 83% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Tamzin, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2002, with 226 girls.
Half of all the girls named Tamzin in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2007, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Tamzin in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 5 | #4,168 |
| 2021 | 9 | #2,846 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 8 | #3,018 |
| 2018 | 10 | #2,631 |
| 2017 | 9 | #2,864 |
| 2016 | 11 | #2,510 |
| 2015 | 19 | #1,684 |
| 2014 | 29 | #1,235 |
| 2013 | 43 | #930 |
| 2012 | 51 | #822 |
| 2011 | 65 | #671 |
| 2010 | 84 | #535 |
| 2009 | 81 | #533 |
| 2008 | 135 | #368 |
| 2007 | 100 | #448 |
| 2006 | 189 | #277 |
| 2005 | 218 | #235 |
| 2004 | 204 | #246 |
| 2003 | 222 | #234 |
| 2002 | 226 | #215 |
| 2001 | 216 | #212 |
| 2000 | 193 | #245 |
| 1999 | 91 | #393 |
| 1998 | 24 | #981 |
| 1997 | 22 | #1,022 |
| 1996 | 22 | #988 |
Nicknames for Tamzin
Names like Tamzin
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Yasmin, Salma, Tasnim, Faiza, Farah, Aysha, Erin, Iqra, Taiba, Safia, Saba, Summer
Names related to Tamzin
More Aramaic names
Thomas, Tommy, Martha, Barnaby, Barney, Tabitha, Tomas, Tadeo, Tom, Thaddeus, Tomos, Marta, Tommie, Tomi, Saphira, Tommaso
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Tamzin: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tamzin, updated 20 October 2026.