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Popularity of the baby name Tenzing


Posts that mention the name Tenzing

Baby name story: Rex and Hillary

New Zealand mountaineer Edmund Hillary (1919-2008)
Edmund Hillary

On June 2, 1953, twin boys were born to Mr. and Mrs. N. Stephens of Auckland, New Zealand.

In the headlines that day were two major events:

  1. The coronation of Elizabeth II as queen of the United Kingdom. Her coronation service, the first to be televised, took place mid-day at Westminster Abbey.
  2. The announcement that a pair of mountaineers, Edmund Hillary of New Zealand and Tenzing Norgay of Nepal, had reached the summit of Mt. Everest on May 29.

The commemorate these two events, the baby boys were named Rex and Hillary.

(When the twins themselves were in the papers several days later, it was noted that the Stephens family might give Rex the additional name Philip, in honor of Prince Philip.)

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Image: Adapted from Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay by Jamling Tenzing Norgay under CC BY-SA 3.0.

Baby names with TEN: Tenley, Ortensia, Quinten

ten ball (pool)

If you’re looking for a baby name that’s a “perfect ten” — that is to say, a name that contains the word TEN — you’re in luck!

Here’s a long list of names with the letter sequence “t-e-n.” Most of these names come directly from the U.S. SSA’s baby name data.

  • Aften
  • Alten
  • Anisten, Annisten
  • Antenette
  • Artena
  • Ashten
  • Asten
  • Aten
  • Atena
  • Atenas
  • Atenea
  • Augusten
  • Austen
  • Axten
  • Ayten
  • Benten
  • Berten
  • Bertena
  • Bexten
  • Blayten
  • Bosten
  • Branten
  • Braxten, Braxsten
  • Brayten
  • Brenten, Brentten
  • Brexten
  • Briggsten
  • Brighten, Bryten
  • Bristen
  • Britten
  • Britteny, Britteney, Briteny, Britteni
  • Brixten
  • Brysten
  • Carsten
  • Catena
  • Catenia
  • Charlesten
  • Chasten, Chaysten
  • Chayten
  • Chazten
  • Christen, Chrysten, Cristen, Crysten
  • Christena
  • Christene, Chrystene, Cristene
  • Christensen
  • Clayten
  • Clementene
  • Clinten
  • Clotene
  • Coasten
  • Colsten
  • Colten, Coleten, Coulten
  • Constence
  • Contenia
  • Content
  • Courteney, Courtenay, Courteny
  • Dalten
  • Daxten
  • Dayten, Daiten
  • Desten
  • Destene
  • Desteny, Desteney, Destenee, Destenie, Desteni
  • Dexten
  • Doristene
  • Dristen
  • Dusten
  • Easten
  • Ernestene, Earnestene
  • Esten
  • Faten
  • Gaten
  • Goten
  • Gustena
  • Haisten, Haysten
  • Halsten
  • Hasten
  • Hiten
  • Holten
  • Hortense, Hortence, Hartense
  • Hortensia, Hortencia, Ortensia, Ortencia
  • Housten
  • Huxten
  • Jacksten, Jaxten
  • Jasten
  • Jaten
  • Jaysten
  • Jayten
  • Jesten, Jessten
  • Jestene
  • Jiten
  • Jitender
  • Jitendra
  • Josten
  • Justen
  • Justene
  • Karsten
  • Kashten, Cashten
  • Kasten, Casten
  • Katen
  • Katena
  • Katenia
  • Kaysten
  • Kayten
  • Keaten
  • Kelten
  • Kenten
  • Keristen
  • Kersten, Kirsten, Kyrsten
  • Keyten, Keiten
  • Kiersten, Keirsten, Kearsten, Kiirsten
  • Kingsten, Kyngsten
  • Kipten, Kypten
  • Kiristen
  • Kisten
  • Kitten
  • Kjersten, Kjirsten
  • Klayten
  • Knighten
  • Kolsten
  • Kolten, Kohlten
  • Kosten
  • Kresten
  • Kristen, Krysten, Khristen
  • Kristene
  • Kristena, Krystena
  • Kursten
  • Kyersten
  • Kyten
  • Laten
  • Layten
  • Latenya
  • Lieutenant
  • Loften
  • Loistene
  • Marten, Maarten
  • Martena
  • Martene
  • Matten
  • Maxten
  • Merten
  • Montene
  • Morten
  • Oluwateniola
  • Osten
  • Paxten
  • Peyten, Payten, Paiten, Paytten, Peighten
  • Presten
  • Princeten
  • Quenten
  • Quinten, Quinnten
  • Riften
  • Risten
  • Rusten
  • Rutendo
  • Sixten
    • Two numbers in one!
  • Slaten
  • Sostenes
  • Staten
  • Sten
  • Stena
  • Stennis
  • Stratten
  • Sutten
  • Taten
  • Tayten, Taiten
  • Ten
  • Tena, Tenna
  • Tenaj
  • Tenaja, Tenajah
  • Tenara
  • Tenasha
  • Tenasia
  • Tenay, Tenae
  • Tenaya
  • Tench
  • Tenchi
  • Tency
  • Tendai
  • Tendra
  • Tendria
  • Tene
  • Teneca
  • Tenecia, Tenesia
  • Tenee
  • Teneha
  • Teneia
  • Teneka, Teneika
  • Teneke
  • Tenequa
  • Tenesa, Tenessa
  • Tenesha, Teneisha, Teniesha, Teneasha, Tennesha
  • Teneshia
  • Tenesia
  • Teneya, Tenea
  • Teng
  • Tengis
  • Tenia, Teniah, Teniya, Teniyah, Tennia
  • Tenicia
  • Tenika, Tenica,Tenicka
  • Tenina
  • Teniola
  • Teniqua
  • Tenise
  • Tenisha, Teneesha, Tenicha
  • Tenishia, Teneeshia
  • Tenita
  • Tenley, Tenly, Tenlee, Tenlie, Tenli, Tenleigh, Tennley
  • Tenneh
  • Tennelle, Tenelle, Tennell
  • Tennille, Tennile, Tenille, Tenile, Tennielle, Tenielle, Tenniel, Teneille, Tenneill, Tenneil, Teneile, Teneil, Tenneal, Teneal
  • Tenner
  • Tennessee
  • Tennie, Tenny, Tenie, Teny
  • Tennill
  • Tennillie
  • Tennis, Tennys
  • Tennyson, Tennison, Tenneson, Tennasyn
  • Tenoch
  • Tenor
  • Tenora
  • Tensie
  • Tensley, Tenslee
  • Tenuun
  • Tenya
  • Tenyce
  • Tenzin
  • Tenzing
  • Tenzley
  • Thorsten
  • Thristen
  • Torsten
  • Trenten
  • Tresten
  • Treyten, Trayten
  • Trinten
  • Tristen, Trysten
  • Trusten
  • Tyten
  • Varteni
  • Westen
  • Whiteny
  • Whitten, Witten
  • Winsten
  • Yasten

Many of these names are variants of –ton names (like Clayton, Dalton, and Winston), and several others are variants of –ine names (like Christine, Justine, and Clementine).

Which TEN name do you like most? Let me know in the comments!

P.S. You may also want to check out baby names with the letter X, as the Roman numeral X (“decem”) has a value of 10. Here are girl names starting with X and boy names starting with X, for instance.

P.P.S. Speaking of “perfect 10” names, here’s a post about Nadia Comaneci. :)

Source: SSA

Image: Adapted from 10 ball by Reggie Alvey under CC BY-SA 2.0.