Tyra

Where Tyra comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tyra.

  • Swedish
  • Vowel-ended
Tyra through the years
  1. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,618 among girls with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1926
    Mostly girls from here
    Until now more boys than girls got the name. From this year on, more girls have.
  3. 1973
    Tyra Banks born
    American television personality, producer, and former model
  4. 1985
    Tyra Banxxx born
    American pornographic actress
  5. 1998
    Peak, #319
    943 babies named Tyra, the most in any year.
  6. 2001
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #580.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, of African American usage.
  • A female given name from Swedish.
Namesakes
  • Tyra Banks · American television personality, producer, and former model, born 1973
  • Tyra Banxxx · American pornographic actress, born 1985
  • Tyra of Denmark · Danish princess and Norwegian Viking age queen consort, 1000–1000
  • Tyra Misoux · German pornographic actress, born 1983
  • Tyra Ferrell · American actress, born 1962

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.