Tinney

English dictionary entry

Meanings

name
  1. A surname from Irish.
  2. An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.

Word forms

Tinney Tinneys

Etymology

Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó tSionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Shinnick.

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