Given name & surname
Tyra
Tyra is used as a given name and a surname. Tyra is connected with Tyr.
Meaning & origin
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
How it developed
Tyra is used as a feminine counterpart of Tyr.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1914. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tyra is a feminine form of Tyr. The history of Tyr gives this family its wider story. In mythological stories, Tyr is associated with an ancient god.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tyra through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 14,769
- 143 boys · 14,626 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 943 babies
- 2025
- 32
- #4,450 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −32%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 32 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 4,450 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 32.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 943 in 1998. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 12,317 as a first name in 2020; 1,734 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tyra’s family of names
Tyra is a feminine form of Tyr. Tyra has a related form in Tyrah. In Swedish usage, Tyra has a related form in Thyra.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 3
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tyra
- Tyra BanksAmerican television personality, producer, and former modelborn 1973
- ThyraViking Age Danish queen914–958
- Tyra FerrellAmerican actressborn 1962
- Tyra of DenmarkDanish princess and Norwegian Viking age queen consort1000–1000
- Tyra Caterina GrantAmerican and currently Italian tennis playerborn 2008
- Tyra KleenSwedish artist and author (1874-1951)
- Tyra LundgrenSwedish artist, designer and writer (1897–1979)
- Bellan RoosSwedish actress (1901-1990)
- Tyra AxnérSwedish handball playerborn 2002
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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