indicate the level to which a name has been verified.
Gender Masculine
Usage Literature
Other Forms FormsThomlyn (Manx), Tamalyn, Tamlyn, Tamalin, Tamilin, Tamlane, Tomlin, Tam Lien, Tam-a-Line, Tam Lane, Tambling
Meaning & History
Diminutive of Tam 1. Tam Lin was the subject of an Anglo-Scottish border ballad (first recorded in 'The Complaynt of Scotland', 1549), a man abducted by the Queen of the Fairies and rescued at long last by his true love.