Tinney Family History
Tinney Name Meaning
Irish (Tyrone): shortened Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac an tSionnaigh ‘son of the fox’ from sionnach ‘fox’. Compare Shinnick . English (southwestern): habitational name from Tinhay in Lifton Tinney in Pyworthy or Twinyeo in Kingsteignton (all Devon). The placenames derive from Old English betwēonan ‘between’ with early loss of be- + Old English ēa ‘river stream water’.
Source: Dictionary of American Family Names 2nd edition, 2022