Given name & surname
Tyrone
“from Owen's land”
Tyrone is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “from Owen's land.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “from Owen's land.”
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.
From dated birth records
Tyrone through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 80,146
- 79,437 boys · 709 girls
- Most popular year
- 1970
- 2,561 babies
- 2025
- 132
- #1,392 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −24%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 132 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 1,392 among boys’ names. Average annual use for boys was 24.4% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for boys was 2,530 in 1970. In 2025, Florida had the largest reported state-level birth count for boys with this name (13). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 50,642 as a first name in 2020; 694 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.
Tyrone’s family of names
In English usage, Tyrone has a diminutive in Ty. In English usage, Tyrone has a related form in Tyron. Tyrone has a related form in Tyron.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 8
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 2
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tyrone
- Tyrone PowerAmerican actor (1914-1958)
- Tyrone MingsEnglish association football playerborn 1993
- Muggsy BoguesAmerican basketball player-coachborn 1965
- Ty Dolla SignAmerican singer and rapper (born 1982)
- Tyrone SpongSurinamese martial artistborn 1985
- Tyrone MearsEnglish association football playerborn 1983
- Tyrone CorbinAmerican basketball player/coachborn 1962
- Tyrone SmithBermudian long jumperborn 1984
- Tyrone Power Sr.English-born American stage and screen actor (1869–1931)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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