Given name & surname
Tenneson
“son of Dennis”
Tenneson is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tenneson is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tenneson is a variant of Tennyson. An origin associated with Tennyson is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2018. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tenneson through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 5 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 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 276 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.
Tenneson’s family of names
Tenneson has a related form in Tennyson.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
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Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.