Tenerife: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Tenerife – Meaning: white mountain – Origin: Guanche – Gender: Unisex – Pronunciation: ten-uh-REEF


Tenerife is a Guanche unisex name meaning “white mountain”. It appears in our list of 200+ Island Baby Names for Families Who Love the Sea.

Meaning & Origin of Tenerife

Meaning: White mountain.

Origin: Guanche.

Source: Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Tenerife

Phonetic: ten-uh-REEF   IPA: /ˌtɛnəˈriːf/

Popularity of Tenerife

Tenerife doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

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