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Tenley

Tenley proper noun: a habitational surname from Old English.

Proper noun

Tenley

  1. A habitational surname from Old English.
  2. A female given name transferred from the surname.

Origin of Tenley

From Tineley in Northumberland or Teenley in West Yorkshire.

Questions about Tenley

What does Tenley mean?
Tenley means a habitational surname from Old English.
What part of speech is Tenley?
Tenley is a proper noun.

Words near Tenley in the dictionary

  1. tenkeyless
  2. tenkeys
  3. tenkil
  4. tenkile
  5. tenkiles
  6. Tenley
  7. tenmantale
  8. tenmantales
  9. tenmoku
  10. tenmokus
  11. Tenn-Tom

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