Tyrone - name meaning, origin

The boy's name Tyrone \t(y)-ro-

is pronounced TY-rohn, ter-TOHN. It is of Gaelic origin, and its meaning is "Owen's county". Country Tyrone in Ireland has been made familiar as a boy's given name primarily due to actors Tyrone Power, Sr, and Jr. Football player Tyrone Wheatley.

Tyrone has 5 variant forms: Tirone, Tirohn, Tirown, Tyron and Tyronne.

For more information, see also related names Kyrone and Tyrus.

Baby names that sound like Tyrone are Teron and Taron.

Tyrone is a very common first name for men (#242 out of 1220) and also a very common last name for both men and women (#32670 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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