Tidus

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 56 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
56
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tidus by the numbers

Tidus was given to 56 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 75 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Tidus

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tidus. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Titusof the title or safe1,166 in the US (2017)
  • Tydus36 in the US (2017)
  • Tyrusfrom tyre, a phoenician city76 in the US (2017)
  • Tytushonorable or safe; a form of titus67 in the US (2017)
  • Timuriron22 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tajus5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Tidus

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