Tenia

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Tenia is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Brazil, Mexico, Venezuela

  Languages: Spanish, Portuguese

  Also written Tênia, Tenía, Ténia

• French given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States

  Also written Ténia, Tenîa

• Ukrainian surname8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Ukraine, Russia

  Languages: Ukrainian, Russian

  Also written Теня, Тёня, Tenya

• Greek given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Greece

  Also written Τένια, Τενια

33 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Tenia is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Catalan, first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of tenir

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Italian, tapeworm

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What are other forms of the name Tenia?

In the etymology graph, Taenia is a form of the same name in other languages.

How do you pronounce Tenia?

In Spanish /tenja/. Transcriptions are machine-generated except where a dictionary is named.

Is Tenia a male or female name?

Tenia is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).

In which country does Tenia have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 812 people named Tenia, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tenia.

How common is the name Tenia?

In the United States, the national register counted 812 people named Tenia in 2020, about 1 in 410 thousand residents.