Given name
Tychicus
“fortuitous”·“casual”
Tychicus is a masculine given name from Ancient Greek.
Original GreekΤυχικος
Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Tychicus means “fortuitous” or “casual.”
From biblical name research
How it developed
In English usage, Tychicus developed from Τυχικός.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1990. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Tychicus appears in Acts 20:4-5, Ephesians 6:21-22, Colossians 4:7-8 and 2 other passages.
- Acts 20:4-5
- Ephesians 6:21-22
- Colossians 4:7-8
- Titus 3:12
- 2 Timothy 4:12
From biblical name research
Tychicus through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1996
- 6 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tychicus’s family of names
In English usage, Tychicus developed from the Ancient Greek form Τυχικός. In English usage, Tychicus has a conventional equivalent in the French form TYCHIQUE. In English usage, Tychicus has a conventional equivalent in the Navajo form Tíkakas.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Tychicus has relatives in 6 languages. Lines run from its Ancient Greek roots to each of them.
Ancient Greekwhere Tychicus comes from · 1 name
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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