Tyton
A boys’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Tyton by the numbers
Tyton was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 16 babies in 2008, making it a 2000s name.
What we can tell you about Tyton
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 Tyton. 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)
- Tytanpowerful giant; an altered spelling of Titan55 in the US (2017)
- Tymonone who honors god; variant of Timon19 in England and Wales (2025)
- Trytonson of Triton the sea god9 in the US (2017)
- Tylon30 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Tyton
Names that are said the same way as Tyton, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
Names about as common as Tyton
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