Tinney
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English
Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó tSionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Shinnick.
Proper noun
Tinney (countable and uncountable, plural Tinneys)
- A surname from Irish.
- An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.
Statistics
- According to the 2010 United States Census, Tinney is the 8488th most common surname in the United States, belonging to 3884 individuals. Tinney is most common among White (88.49%) individuals.
Further reading
- Hanks, Patrick, editor (2003), “Tinney”, in Dictionary of American Family Names, volume 3, New York: Oxford University Press, →ISBN.