Submitted Name Save Gender Feminine Usage Spanish (Canarian, Archaic) Pronounced Pron. te-ne-RIS-te(Canarian Spanish) [key] Edit Status Status [show contributorhide contributor] Added 10/12/2020 by guasguendi Meaning & History From Guanche *tennerist, meaning "she rests". This was the name of a woman who was baptized in Seville around 1427.