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Greetings,
Here's the information we were able to find about "Tamlin Blackmore," which you would like to use as an English name.
Although we didn't find an actual citation, "Tamlin" appears to have been used in the 14th century. At that time both "Tam" and "Tom" were used as short forms of "Thomas." With the addition of the common diminutive suffix "-elin" these gave rise to the pet forms "Tamelin" and "Tomelin", which were simplified to "Tamlin" and "Tomlin." (1,2)
"Blackmore" and "Blackmere" are two late forms of a fairly common English name. In the 14th century, they were more likely to appear as "de Blakemere" and "de Blakemore." You could use the later forms, but since "Tamlin" is most commonly found in the 14th century we recommend using the earlier form of the name, which would be "Tamlin de Blakemore." ("Blake" was still pronounced like "black" in this period, not like "blaick.") (2)
Arval Benicouer, Tangwystl verch Morgant Glasvryn, and Talan Gwynek contributed to this letter.
We hope this has been helpful, and that we can continue to assist you.
In service,
Alan Fairfax
Academy of S. Gabriel
(1) Bardsley, "A Dictionary of English and Welsh Surnames."
(2) Reaney & Wilson, "Dictionary of English Surnames."