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Neither is in the database.
The first (Tamblyn) I have seen was the name of a guy.
The second (Tamlyn) seems to be the more used version and with females.
I can guess that it's from the surname Tamblyn. But what does it mean?
The first (Tamblyn) I have seen was the name of a guy.
The second (Tamlyn) seems to be the more used version and with females.
I can guess that it's from the surname Tamblyn. But what does it mean?
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You're right, it is probably an adoption of the surname Tamblyn. This is its entry in Oxford's dictionary of surnames:
Tamblyn
English (chiefly Devon and Cornwall): from the Middle English given name Tamlin, a double diminutive, wirh the Anglo-Norman-French suffixes -el and -in, of Tam/Tom, itself a short form of Thomas.
Variants: Tamblin(g), Tamplin, Tamlin, Tamlyn
So if you wanted to assign Tamlyn a meaning, you'd take that of Thomas, which is "twin".
Hope this helps! :-)
Tamblyn
English (chiefly Devon and Cornwall): from the Middle English given name Tamlin, a double diminutive, wirh the Anglo-Norman-French suffixes -el and -in, of Tam/Tom, itself a short form of Thomas.
Variants: Tamblin(g), Tamplin, Tamlin, Tamlyn
So if you wanted to assign Tamlyn a meaning, you'd take that of Thomas, which is "twin".
Hope this helps! :-)
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