Tenaya

Gender
Female (Feminine | Girl)
Usage/Origins
Meaning
Gracious, Beautiful
Pronunciation
tuh-NAH-yuh
tə-NIE-ə
Popularity
Tenaya is a rare name and therefore has not ranked in any popularity charts.

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Tenaya Name meanings & History

Gracious, Beautiful. This has been in rare use as a feminine given name in the United States since the 1970s. It is possibly taken from the name of a lake in Yosemite, California, which was itself named for a 19th-century chief of the Ahwahnechee (a Miwok people of the Yosemite Valley), whose name may be derived from Central Sierra Miwok taná·ya- meaning "evening star". The name Tenaya is primarily used for baby girls.

Zodiac Sign of Tenaya: Truth Sagittarius,Doubting Thomas Pisces

Synonyms of Tenaya:

T: Tireless,Doubting Thomas,Testy,Tacky,Truth,Touchy,Talkative

E: Exaggerate,Enliven,Enlighten,Environment,Expressive,Entertain

N: Neat,Nagging,Nervous,Nice,Nitpicking,Neurosis,Nutrition

A: Action,Angry,Assertive,Ambitious,Argumentative,Aggressive

Y: Yen/money,Youth-giving,Yin/Yang

Tenaya is:

  • a Boring name
  • a Refined name
  • a Youthful name

Famous People

Tenaya Watson (soccer player), Tenaya Darlington (writer).

2.) Tenaya (Male)

Usage: Miwok

Meanings: The meaning of Tenaya is uncertain, but it is believed to be a tribute to a Native American leader named Chief Tenaya.

Pronunciation: ten-NY-uh
tə-NIE-ə


cartoon of the name Tenaya
Cartoon of Tenaya

Description: Native American (specifically, the Ahwahneechee tribe of Yosemite). The meaning of Tenaya is uncertain, but it is believed to be a tribute to a Native American leader named Chief Tenaya. This has been in rare use as a feminine given name in the United States since the 1970s. It is possibly taken from the name of a lake in Yosemite, California, which was itself named for a 19th-century chief of the Ahwahnechee (a Miwok people of the Yosemite Valley), whose name may be derived from Central Sierra Miwok taná·ya- meaning "evening star". The name Tenaya is primarily used for baby girls.

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