Tansy

Where Tansy comes from

From the plant tansy. Probable doublet of Athanasia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Tansy
  • English
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Tansy through the years
  1. 1920
    First appearance
    #4,975 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1930
    Peak, #4,047
    6 babies named Tansy, its best rank.
  3. 1931
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from English.
Namesakes

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Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.