Given name & surname
Tycho
“hitting the mark”
Tycho is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “hitting the mark.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “hitting the mark.”
Where it comes from
Tycho is a variant of Tychon. An origin associated with Tychon is Greek.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
From Ancient Greek Τύχων, from Proto-Indo-European *dʰewgʰ-.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1972. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tycho through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 381
- 381 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2021
- 30 babies
- 2025
- 21
- #4,846 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +20%
- Rising
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 4,846 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 20.0% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 290 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tycho’s family of names
Tycho has a later derivative in Tikhon. Tycho has a related form in Tychon. In Czech usage, Tycho has a conventional equivalent in the Danish form Tyge.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Tycho has relatives in 3 languages.
3 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tycho
- Tycho BraheDanish astronomer and alchemist, 1546–1601
- Tycho van Meerfield hockey playerborn 1974
- Tycho TullbergSwedish zoologist and docent (1842-1920)
- Tycho MudaDutch rowerborn 1988
- Tycho JægerNorwegian painter (1819–1889)
- Tycho KiellandNorwegian civil servant (1854–1904)
- Tihon RakićevićSerbian clergyman and religious scholarborn 1971
- Tycho von Wilamowitz-MoellendorffGerman classical philologist (1885–1914)
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