Tinsley

TINZ-lee

English surname

Tinsley Origin and Meaning

The name Tinsley is a girl's name .

New York socialite and reality TV star Tinsley Mortimer introduced this name to the mainstream. Following her Gossip Girl cameo in 2008 and the airing of her own show, High Society in 2010, this once obscure choice began to climb the charts. It debuted in the US Top 1000 in 2016 and though 2023 saw it drop from the charts, it is still given to around 250 girls each year.
Derived from an English place name,Tinsley can mean "Tynni's meadow" or "Field of Council', in reference to a town in South Yorkshire. Also used as a surname, Tinsley is in tune with its more popular sister names: Kinsley, Presley, Oakley, Finley, and Paisley, to name a few. Boosted up by these on trend names, Tinsley's rise might also have been helped along by the character, Dawn Tinsley, from the popular TV show The Office and by child actress and social media star, Tinsley Price, who starred in the first series of Stranger Things. The year following release of the show did coincide with a jump in use of the name.

Reminiscent of glitz, glamor, and sparkly Christmas decorations, Tinsley may well re-enter the charts in coming years.

Tinsley Rank in US Top 1000

# 916 in the US

Tinsley Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

# 951 on Nameberry

Tinsley Popularity

• 916 US 2022
• 951 Nameberry 2024
• 5 Unique 2023
• 485 Future 2028

20 Names Similar to Tinsley

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Famous People Named Tinsley

• Tinsley Randolph Mortimer American socialite
• Tinsley Beane (b. 2008) daughter of baseball manager Billy Beane; twin of brother Brayden
• Tinsley Lindley English male footballer
• Tinsley Ellis American male blues singer
• Boyd Tinsley American male violinist for Dave Matthews Band
• C.C Tinsley famed private detective from 1920s who disappeared looking for the Sodder children

Tinsley in Pop Culture

• Tinsley Adea Carmichael character in the "It Girl" book series
• Tinsley Wharton minor character on the TV show "Degrassi"
• The Tinsley Cooling Towers demolished in 2008