Given name & surname
Stennis
“from the place of the standing stones”
Stennis is used as a given name and a surname. One Scottish interpretation is “from the place of the standing stones.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scottish interpretation is “from the place of the standing stones.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scottish.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1956. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Stennis through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 16
- 16 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1956
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1968. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 6 in 1956. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,149 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Stennis’s family of names
Stennis has a related form in Stennys. Stennis has a related form in Stinnis. Stennis has a related form in Stinnys.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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