Tylon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 30 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
30
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tylon by the numbers

Tylon was given to 30 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 56 babies in 2006, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Tylon

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 Tylon. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tysonone who was fiery; surname used as given name1,045 in the US (2017)
  • Talonclaw of a bird of prey326 in the US (2017)
  • Tyronfrom Tyre; a variant of Tyrone60 in the US (2017)
  • Tylorone who tiles; variant of Tyler32 in the US (2017)
  • Tymonone who honors god; variant of Timon19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tylan118 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tylon

Names that are said the same way as Tylon, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

Names about as common as Tylon

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