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The first name 
Tyson

Tyson is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.

Tyson – popular and common in the US!

The name Tyson isn’t among the current fashionable names in our top 10 stats, but nonetheless, it’s still very popular and common. In our SmartGenius ranking of all boys names, Tyson ranks 315. Recently, out of every 10,000 newborn boys, approximately 6 were named Tyson. In the entire USA, approximately 44,011 people – children, adults and seniors – currently bear the name Tyson. That is 0.01 % of all living Americans.

You won't believe all there is 
to discover about the name
 
Tyson

What does the name 
Tyson mean?

Tyson comes from an English surname, originally a nickname for a quarrelsome person. It originated from the Old French ’tison’ meaning ‘firebrand’ or ‘high-spirited’.

What does 'quarrelsome' mean? Quarrelsome' describes someone who is prone to arguing or fighting with others, especially over trivial or minor matters.

Tyson -
well known in all states of the USA, most popular in Utah

There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Tyson is one of them. However, Tyson is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Utah seem to particularly fancy this name – the 3,541 men called Tyson who live here are 0,260% of all male residents and push their name up to #93 in our SmartGenius statistics, easily placing it in the top 100 most common male names in Utah. If you look at all the states in the USA together, you can currently find as many as 44,011 people with the name Tyson. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Tyson on position 471 in our SmartGenius ranking of the top male names – of course, the current popularity as a baby name for newborns looks somewhat different, as you can see from the statistics above.

Tyson has 5 letters 
and begins with a T

Well, you might say, you probably figured that out yourself! But what you might not know is: The letter T is a particularly popular initial letter for boys’ names. That’s because 6.3% of all common boys’ names in the US begin with this letter. By the way, the most common first letters for boys’ names are J, A and D.

With five letters, the name Tyson is comparatively short. In fact, 17.0% of all common first names in the US consist of exactly five letters. Only 7% of all first names are even shorter, while 75% have more than five letters. On average, first names in the US (not counting hyphenated names) are 6.5 letters long. There are no significant differences between boys' and girls' names.

With 6.3% of all boys' names that begin with the letter T, this first letter is much more common than the other letters on average. And Thomas is the boys’ name starting with T, which is the most common of all.

Other names with 
T, y, s, o and n

If you take all the letters in the name Tyson – T, y, s, o and n – and put them together again, you can form other names, such as Stony or Ostyn.

With hands, flags and sounds 
How to say Tyson

If your name is Tyson and someone asks after your name, you can of course just tell them what it is. But sometimes that isn't so easy - what if it's too loud, and you don't understand them well? Or what if the other person is so far away that you can see them but not hear them? In these situations, you can communicate your name in so many other ways: you call spell it, sign it, or even use a flag to wave it...

This is how you spell the name Tyson

So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Tyson, you can simply say:

Tiger

Yoyo

Sun

Orange

Nut

This is how the name Tyson is spelled in the NATO phonetic alphabet

The NATO alphabet often helps people spell words on the phone or radio when there are communication problems.

How do you write Tyson in Braille?

Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.

Tyson

Tyson

You want to tell a deaf person that your name is Tyson

Just use American Sign Language!

The name Tyson is particularly colorful in the Semaphore flag signaling system!

These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.

T
Y
S
O
N

Have you ever waved the name Tyson

In the navy, sailors of two ships might wave flags to each other to send messages. A sailor holds two flags in specific positions to represent different letters.

T
Y
S
O
N

Beeping like crazy...

In Morse code, letters and other characters are represented only by a series of short and long tones. For example, a short tone followed by a long tone stands for the letter A. Tyson sounds like this: