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Gender Feminine & Masculine
Usage English (American)
Scripts ᏔᎾᏏ(Cherokee)
Other Forms FormsTennesea (feminine elaboration), Tenny (diminutive), Tensy/Tincy (diminutive), Tinisie (phonetic variant)
Meaning & History
From the name of the state located in the Southeastern region of the United States, possibly derived from Cherokee ᏔᎾᏏ (tanasi), believed to mean "winding river", which was originally the name of a village in present-day Monroe County, Tennessee. Alternatively, it could be derived from Yuchi Tana-tsee-dgee, meaning "place of brother waters" or "where the waters meet".