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Updated May 5, 2021

Girl name origins & meanings

  • origin unknown : meaning unknown

How Popular Is The Name Tenley

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name, possibly from Tineley in Northumberland, thought to be named with Old English tind ‘tine’, ‘spike’ + lēah ‘forest clearing’, or possibly from Teenley, in West Yorkshire, which is recorded in 1538 as Tyndeley and may be named as ‘burnt (Middle English tend) clearing’.

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