# Thomasine (first name)

Source: https://namelineage.com/first-name/thomasine/  
Publisher: Name Lineage. US counts from the Social Security Administration; England and Wales counts from the Office for National Statistics; meaning and etymology from Wiktionary. Data updated 2026-11-11.

| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Usually given to | girls |
| Origin | Aramaic |
| Meaning | not recorded |
| Pronunciation | /ˈtɑm.əs.in/, 4 syllables |
| Nicknames | none recorded |
| Variant spellings | Thomasin |
| US babies named this | 2,234 since 1880 |
| Boys / girls in the US | 0 / 2,234 (100% girls) |
| Babies in England and Wales | not in the ONS data |

## Etymology

From Thomas + -ine.

## Popularity

The last 15 years of each series. A year is missing when too few babies were given the name for the agency to publish it: five in the US, three in England and Wales.

### United States, girls

| Year | Babies | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 1975 | 20 | 3,502 |
| 1976 | 19 | 3,663 |
| 1977 | 10 | 6,310 |
| 1978 | 18 | 4,070 |
| 1979 | 6 | 10,119 |
| 1980 | 7 | 9,022 |
| 1981 | 9 | 7,371 |
| 1982 | 8 | 8,164 |
| 1983 | 7 | 8,951 |
| 1984 | 6 | 10,316 |
| 1985 | 5 | 12,353 |
| 1986 | 6 | 10,806 |
| 1987 | 7 | 9,747 |
| 1990 | 5 | 15,090 |
| 1994 | 6 | 13,306 |

## People named Thomasine

- Thomasine Christine Gyllembourg-Ehrensvärd, Danish author (1773–1856)

## How to read these numbers

A count is babies registered with that name in that year, not people alive now, so a name common a century ago can have a large total and few recent births.