Sounds very cute, and softer and fresher than 'Pansy".
― Anonymous User 12/2/2021
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My name is Tansy (Tan-zee), and I absolutely love it! I've never met another person with my name, which I also love. I will say that I struggled with it a bit as a younger child, but then I grew up during the 00's when more unusual names were less common than today. But now as a 26 y/o, I wouldn't change my name for the world. I get many, many compliments and positive comments about it. I'll add that the Medieval connotations of the herb Tansy have never bothered me, and that I don't personally see it as a "cutesy" name - more interesting/different.
At a glance I assumed ‘tanacita’ meant something along the lines of “tenacity”, but looking into it, it actually stems from the Ancient Greek ‘athanasia’, meaning “immortality” or “undying”.
The name ultimately derives from the Greek "athanasia" meaning "immortality".
― Anonymous User 12/9/2014
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I love the name Tansy. It's beautiful and really cute! I'm often drawn to flowery nature names. Tansy is definitely one of the best girl names beginning with a 't'- (along with Therese and Tia). ;)
― Anonymous User 12/9/2014
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There is a minor character called Tansy in the book The Iron King by Julie Kagawa.
― Anonymous User 10/30/2014
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Tansy is a plant with many medicinal uses (a lot of which have now been discredited). It's well known for causing miscarriages in high doses, leading to its use as an abortifacient in the Middle Ages.
In Redwall, there's a hedgehog named Tansy. She's in Pearls of Lutra and The Long Patrol. In Pearls of Lutra, she has to find six pearls called the Pearls of Lutra as a ransom for the Abbot. Later she becomes the Abbess, and she is in this position during The Long Patrol. She made me like the name Tansy.
In the movie Material Girls starring Hilary and Hailey Duff, Hilary plays a character named Tanzie, (spelled differently, but the same name.)
― Anonymous User 9/4/2007
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Tansy (Tan-zee) is a sweet little bunny character in the children's book The Surprising Armchair by Jean Gilder. I fell in love with the name reading the book as a child and now read it to my children.
"Tansy", a boy, is the hero of one of Gail Carlson Lavine's novels. In the book, Tansy is a misunderstood prince that falls in love with a girl called "Parsley".
I have a friend whose name is Tansy and I think it is beautiful, but I also think that you have to be a certain kind of person or the name can be to much.
https://www.behindthename.com/name/constance
Really like this unusual name by the way!