# Tinney

> English word · Proper noun

## Definitions
1. A surname from Irish.
2. An unincorporated community in Sandusky County, Ohio, United States.

## Etymology
Reduced Anglicized form of Irish Ó tSionnaigh (“descendant of Sionnach”), a personal name based on sionnach (“fox”). Compare Shinnick.

## Source
Compiled from Wiktionary via kaikki.org (CC BY-SA). Data vintage: 2026-05-06.
Canonical page: https://plainspell.com/en/word/tinney