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Academy of St. Gabriel "Medieval Names Archive" - [[1]] Database of medieval names (from the Medieval Names Archive) - [[2]]
Laurel Name Articles - http:heraldry.sca.org/laurel/
<Tam> variant of <Tom>, a pet-form of Thomas. Reaney and Wilson's Dictionary of English Surnames// has "//Peter Tamelyn// 1327 SRsf. A double diminutive of //Tam// (//Tom//). cf. //Tomlin//." and "//William Tamson// 1395 EA (OS) iv (C); //Walter Tampson// 1641 PrSo; //John Tampson// 1642 PrD. 'Son of //Tam//', a variant of //Tom//, a pet-form of //Thomas."
<Thomas> in "French Names from Paris, 1421, 1423, & 1438" (@http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/paris1423.html).
<Thomas d'Albeine> in "Names from a 1587 Tax Roll from Provins" (@http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/french/provins1587.html)
<Tommaso>, Italian form of <Thomas>, with the nicknames <Maso> and <Masino> also being common (see @http://www.ellipsis.cx/~liana/names/italian/tratte/).
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[[3]] || Elsbeth Anne Roth || 2000.09 || Submitted on the LoI as To__m __MacGrimm//, the name was changed to that form in Kingdom; it was originally submitted as //Tam MacGrimm//. However, Reaney and Wilson's //Dictionary of English Surnames// has "//Peter Tamelyn// 1327 SRsf. A double diminutive of //Tam// (//Tom//). cf. //Tomlin//." and "//William Tamson// 1395 EA (OS) iv (C); //Walter Tampson// 1641 PrSo; //John Tampson// 1642 PrD. 'Son of //Tam//', a variant of //Tom//, a pet-form of //Thomas//." Therefore //Tam// appears to be an acceptable given name. However, there is no documentation for adding //mac// to the documentable //Grimm//. We have therefore changed the given name back to the original form and removed //mac// from the byname. [Tam Grimm, 09/00, A-Outlands] ||