Given name & surname
Tennison
“son of Dennis”
Tennison is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tennison is a variant of Tennyson. One English interpretation is “son of Dennis.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tennison 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 2012. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tennison through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 51
- 44 boys · 7 girls
- Most popular year
- 2019
- 9 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 2019. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 145 as a first name in 2020; 2,789 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.
Tennison’s family of names
Tennison 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.
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