Tyrone

Where Tyrone comes from

From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Tyrone
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Tyrone through the years
  1. 1914
    Tyrone Power born
    American actor
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys with 5 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1936
    Around this time: Tyrone Power in Lloyds of London
    Film, 1936 · Source
  4. 1970
    Peak, #132
    2,530 babies named Tyrone, the most in any year.
  5. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #205.
  6. 1993
    Tyrone Mings born
    English association football player
In the dictionary
  • A male given name transferred from the place name.
Namesakes
  • Tyrone Power · American actor, 1914–1958
  • Tyrone Mings · English association football player, born 1993
  • Tyrone Mears · English association football player, born 1983
  • Tyrone Spong · Surinamese martial artist, born 1985
  • Tyrone Corbin · American basketball player/coach, 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. Events show what happened around then, not why parents chose the name.