Tyre
A unisex name of Phoenician origin, meaning rock or stone; ancient city.
Tyre by the numbers
Tyre was given to 16 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 98 babies in 1999, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Tyre. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Sounds like Tyre
Names that are said the same way as Tyre, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
- Tyrgod of war and sky20 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean eternity
Like Tyre, each of these has eternity in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Ericeternal ruler2,757 in the US (2017)
- Amaragrace, beauty, eternal449 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ericketernal ruler; a form of Erik or Eric1,433 in the US (2017)
- Eriketernal ruler; ever powerful895 in the US (2017)
- Cyrussun; royal name from ancient Persia729 in the US (2017)
- Kianancient or enduring263 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean a stone or rock
Like Tyre, each of these has a stone or rock in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Masonstone worker13,560 in the US (2017)
- Jadejade stone; symbol of virtue and beauty2,765 in the US (2017)
- Harleyhare meadow or rocky meadow366 in England and Wales (2025)
- Peterrock, stone1,777 in the US (2017)
- Harlowrocky hill or army hill832 in the US (2017)
- Esmeraldaemerald; the precious green stone815 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Tyre
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