Tywan

A unisex name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
6
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Tywan by the numbers

Tywan was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 58 babies in 1978, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Tywan

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

  • Tawangolden or sunrise7 in the US (2017)
  • Tyran24 in the US (2017)
  • Tyan6 in the US (2017)
  • Taranthunder or deity of thunder50 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tylarone who tiles; a modern respelling of Tyler43 in the US (2017)
  • Tyrianof or from the ancient city of Tyre12 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Tywan

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

  • Tiansky; heaven; field14 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tienmoney; wealth6 in the US (2017)
  • Tyon13 in the US (2017)
  • Tionne12 in the US (2017)
  • Tion6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tiyen5 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Tywan

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