Meaning and Origin of: Tinsley

Tinsley is Old English for 'hill’, ‘mound’, ‘barrow’.

Family name origins & meanings

  • English : habitational name from a place in South Yorkshire near Rotherham, named in Old English with the genitive case of an unattested personal name Tynni + hlāw ‘hill’, ‘mound’, ‘barrow’. This name is also established in Ulster.