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Tyre
Pronounced /ˈtaɪə(ɹ)/
Rank in 2024
#4,892
Born in 2024
20
Peak year
1999 · #1259
Origin
Not recorded
1880 to 2024
UncommonIts story in numbers
- In 2024, 20 boys were named Tyre, about 1 in every 85,766.
- It peaked in 1999 with 98 babies, ranked #1259.
- It first shows up in the records in 1913.
- 2,107 boys have been named Tyre since 1880.
Who else has this name
Babies named Tyre per 1,000 born in each generation, on one shared scale.
- <0.1Greatest1901–27
- <0.1Silent1928–45
- <0.1Boomers1946–64
- <0.1Gen X1965–80
- <0.1Millennials1981–96
- <0.1Gen Z1997–12
- <0.1Gen Alpha2013–24
Greatest: 60 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Silent: 28 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Boomers: 73 babies, 0.00 per 1,000. Gen X: 183 babies, 0.01 per 1,000. Millennials: 730 babies, 0.02 per 1,000. Gen Z: 844 babies, 0.03 per 1,000. Gen Alpha: 189 babies, 0.01 per 1,000.
Meaning and origin
From Latin Tyrus, from Ancient Greek Τύρος (Túros), from Phoenician 𐤑𐤓 (ṣr /Ṣur/, “rock”) (), after the rocky formation on which the town was originally built. Compare Aramaic טוּרָא / ܛܘܪܐ (ṭūrā, “mountain, high territory”), Akkadian 𒌷𒀫𒊒 (URUṣur-ru /Ṣurru/), Tarifit aẓru (“rock”), Central Atlas Tamazight ⴰⵥⵔⵓ (aẓru, “stone”), Proto-Semitic *ṯ̣Vrr- (“flint”). Cognate to Arabic صُور (ṣūr), Hebrew צוֹר (Tzor), Tiberian Hebrew צר (Ṣōr), Turkish Sur.
- A male given name.
- Origin
- Not recorded
- Say it
- /ˈtaɪə(ɹ)/
From Wiktionary’s entry for Tyre, CC BY-SA 4.0.