Given name & surname
Tennie
“son of Dennis”
Tennie is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tennie is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tennie 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 1880. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tennie through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,796
- 19 boys · 2,777 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 79 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 6 in 1988. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 73 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 592 as a first name in 2020; 282 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.
Tennie’s family of names
Tennie has a related form in Tennyson.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 5
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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