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Tennessee

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Rare & Uncommon ↑ Rising

✦ Meaning

“Derived from Tanasi, a Cherokee word for 'meeting place of rivers.' State name evokes American landscape, literary associations with Tennessee Williams, and geographic mystique.”

Popularity Over Time

Tennessee US popularity rank over timeRank 13645 in 1993 to rank 980 in 1902. Lower rank numbers are more popular.#980#7313#136451900192019401960198020002024

Tennessee is not currently in the US top 1000.

Origin

CherokeeNative American

Syllables

3

Nicknames

TennTessT

Style

BoldStrongModernLiterary

Famous Bearers

  • Tennessee Williams
  • Tennessee Estes Gordon

Collections

Literary Names → Beautiful But Not Top 100 →

Similar Names

Tennessee

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Cross-Cultural Notes

American geographic origin

People Also Ask

Derived from Tanasi, a Cherokee word for 'meeting place of rivers.' State name evokes American landscape, literary associations with Tennessee Williams, and geographic mystique.

Tennessee is not currently in the US top 1000, making it a genuinely rare choice. It's trending up as more parents discover it.

Popular nicknames for Tennessee include Tenn, Tess, T.

Names that pair beautifully with Tennessee include Dakota, Rio, Austin.