Tyon

A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tyon by the numbers

Tyon was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 42 babies in 1999, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Tyon

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 Tyon. 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)
  • Tyronfrom Tyre; a variant of Tyrone60 in the US (2017)
  • Tymonone who honors god; variant of Timon19 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tylon30 in the US (2017)
  • Teon14 in the US (2017)
  • Tyion12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tyon

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

  • Tiansky; heaven; field14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tionne12 in the US (2017)
  • Tion6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tyan6 in the US (2017)
  • Tywan6 in the US (2017)
  • Tiyen5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Tyon

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