Boy · Irish place name
Tyrone
Say it: ty-ROHN
Meaning
From County Tyrone in Ireland, Irish Tír Eoghain 'land of Eoghan'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Spread as a first name through the actor Tyrone Power and became especially popular among African American families from the 1950s.
Its wave through time
Fading since the 1970s
In the United States
- 79,456 babies given this name since 1914
- At its height in 1970, about 1 in 735 boys
- 165 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
Famous bearers
- Tyrone Power, actor
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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