Tinney

name

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Definitions

Proper Noun
  1. 1
    A surname from Irish. countable, uncountable
  2. 2
    An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States. countable, uncountable

Etymology

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

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