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Tinsley
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A surname and given name derived from an English place name meaning roughly "clearing belonging to Tynni."
"Tinsley is a former mining district near Sheffield."
How to Use Tinsley
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA surname, given name, or English place name; not a common everyday word.
Word Forms
Tinsleys plural
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Etymology
From an unrecorded Old English personal name plus a word meaning "woodland clearing."