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by David Tam (guest)
11/3/2004, 1:37 PM
Tam as a Scottish name is simply the northern-British Isles pronounciation of "Tom," the nickname of Thomas. An uncle who served in the 1st Armored Division in 1942 before shipping to North Africa told his Scotch-Irish Indiana family members that Tam is a common family name in both Glasgow and Belfast, Northern Island.
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- Magia   +5
11/3/2004, 3:23 PM
I have an Italian friendNamed Fabrizio Tam. I always thought his surname was unusual and he did not know what it meant.
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- Chrisell   +4
11/3/2004, 3:51 PM
It's also . . .A Vietnamese girls' name. I have a friend whose generation name is Tam, meaning that both she and her sister are Tam (mn) Le, and both use Tam as their use-name, which is confusing!This isn't at all relevant, just interesting! :-D
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- Miss Claire   +3
11/3/2004, 6:16 PM
And it means 'perfect' in Hebrew. :)
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- jumper117   +2
11/3/2004, 7:07 PM
It's also a type of hat. :P Just chiming in. A scottish beret of sorts.
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- Andy (guest)   +1
11/3/2004, 10:07 PM
Three letters - what do you expect?!
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- Chrisell
11/3/2004, 10:24 PM
And we haven't mentioned the obvious one . . .. . . a nickname for Tamara.:-D
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