Given name & surname
Tene
“one who is much loved”
Tene is used as a given name and a surname. One African interpretation is “one who is much loved.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “one who is much loved.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tene through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 324
- 0 boys · 324 girls
- Most popular year
- 1972
- 30 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 girls is 5 in 2006. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1972. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 404 as a first name in 2020; 266 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.
Tene’s family of names
In Greek usage, Tene as a surname is a transliteration of Τένε. In Greek usage, Tene as a surname is a transliteration of Τενέ.
The ring: spellings.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
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