Tyrone

Where Tyrone comes from

From Irish Tír Eoghain (literally “land of Eoghan”).
— Wiktionary's entry for Tyrone
  • 2 syllables
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1914
    Tyrone Power born
    American actor
  2. 1914
    First appearance
    #3,264 among boys, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  3. 1970
    Peak, #132
    2,530 babies named Tyrone — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1980
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #205.
  5. 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.