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Gender Feminine
Pronounced Pron. /ˈtɑp.si/(American English) /ˈtɒp.si/(British English)

Meaning & History

From a nickname that is of unknown meaning, perhaps deriving from the English word top. This is the name of a young slave in Harriet Beecher Stowe's novel Uncle Tom's Cabin (1852).