Given name & surname
Tenney
“son of Dennis”
Tenney is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tenney is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tenney 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 2020. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tenney through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 0 boys · 5 girls
- Most popular year
- 2020
- 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 girls is 5 in 2020. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 106 as a first name in 2020; 6,977 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.
Tenney’s family of names
Tenney has a related form in Tennyson.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tenney
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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