Tenneson Family History
Tenneson Name Meaning
Americanized form of Norwegian Tønnesen or Tønnessen (see Tonnessen ) and of North German cognates Tönnessen Thönnessen or Tönnesen. Compare Tennessen Tennison and Tennyson . English (Yorkshire): variant of Tennyson . This form of the surname is rare in Britain and Ireland.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022