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Tamlyn
How to Pronounce Tamlyn
Pronounced TAM-lin /ˈtæmlɪn/Medium
Meaning: Tamlyn is a modern blend that joins Tammy or Tamara at the front with the fashionable -lyn ending. That ending traces to Lynn, from the Welsh 'llyn,' meaning lake or pool. The name is a sound-driven coinage in the mold of Marilyn and Katelyn rather than one with a single fixed meaning.Low
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History & Origin
Tamlyn is a blended name that pairs the Tam- of Tammy and Tamara with the -lyn ending drawn from Lynn. Lynn itself comes from the Welsh 'llyn,' a lake or pool. Names like this multiplied through the mid and late twentieth century as parents mixed favorite openings with the versatile -lyn or -lynn tail.
Tamlyn was never common, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak around 1991, though scattered use reached back to the nineteen-fifties. A girl named Tamlyn then is now in her thirties, and the name has a tidy, understated feel next to showier -lynn blends.
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What does the name Tamlyn mean?
It is a blend of Tammy or Tamara with the -lyn ending, from the Welsh 'llyn,' meaning lake or pool.
How do you pronounce Tamlyn?
It is said TAM-lin, two syllables with the stress on the first.
Is Tamlyn a boy or girl name?
Tamlyn is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tamlyn?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.