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Tennant


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Origin Of The Surname Tennant

Meaning Of The Surname Tennant

A Farmer

Interesting Facts About Tennant

Tennant and it’s various forms would have been an English status surname. It would have originally been a description of a husbandman, a farmer, or someone who held land from the lord. It would have derived from a Norman word, that being ‘tenant’. The original form of the word would have been ‘tenir’ which means to hold.

Tennant Statistics

Tennant is the number 1594 ranked surname in the United Kingdom. According to our statistics around 6,430 share the surname Tennant in the UK.

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