Given name & surname · also German
Senn
“herdsman in the Alps”
Senn is a surname from German, ultimately from Celtic.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Senn goes back to German Senn, meaning “herdsman in the Alps.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Senn comes from German, and ultimately from Celtic.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
From German Senn (“herdsman in the Alps”), from Old High German senno (“shepherd”), from Proto-West Germanic *sannjō (“herdsman, dairyman”), from Vulgar Latin saniō (“herdsman, dairyman”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Senn’s family of names
In English usage, Senn as a surname has a related form in SENNE. In Greek usage, Senn as a surname is a transliteration of Σενν.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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