Given name
Tyee
“a great chief”
Tyee is used as a given name. One Native American interpretation is “a great chief.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a great chief.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tyee through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 318
- 318 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 2005
- 24 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 11 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 24 in 2005. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 331 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.
Tyee’s family of names
Tyee has a related form in Tyi. Tyee has a related form in Tyea. Tyee has a related form in Tyey.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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