Tennison
A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Tennison by the numbers
Tennison was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 7 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
What we can tell you about Tennison
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Sounds like Tennison
Names that are said the same way as Tennison, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Tennysonson of tennis or tenys80 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tennison
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