Tyler is a first name typically given to boys, but in rare cases also used as a girls name.
The first name Tyler is one of the top 100 most popular boys names in the US – currently at #86 in our SmartGenius ranking. Over 1,000 babies each year are named Tyler, accounting for approximately 0.20 % of all newborn boys. In total, there are currently 609,447 people – children, adults and seniors – named Tyler living in the United States, which is approximately 0.18 % of the entire population.
The name Tyler is derived from the Old English word ‘tiglere’ meaning ’tiler of roofs’ or ’tile maker’. The name was originally an occupational name for someone who worked as a roof tiler. It is therefore often associated with hard work, practicality, and attention to detail.
The use of roof tiles... can be traced back to 2500 BCE in India. They are designed mainly to keep out rain, and are traditionally made from locally available materials such as terracotta or slate.
Tyler Bates (*1965)
Mainly working in the action and horror genres, he composes scores for films and video games. The former lead guitarist of the rock band Marilyn Manson has contributed to films such as Dawn of the Dead (2004), Sucker Punch (2011), and the John Wick franchise.
Tyler Perry (*1969)
Perry is a multitalented media creator, working as a filmmaker, actor, playwright, and songwriter. He is the creator and performer of the Mabel Madea Earlene Simmons character, a tough elderly woman. In 2020, he was included in the Times list of the 100 most influential people.
Tyler Lockett (*1992)
Picked in the 2015 NFL Draft, Lockett is an American football wide receiver known as a player for the Seattle Seahawks. In college, he set numerous Kansas State records, winning numerous awards in his career. In his free time, he likes to write poems.
Tyler Steinkamp (*1995)
Better known as tyler1, he is an American internet personality and streamer on Twitch. With more than 5 million followers, his channel is one of the most followed. Steinkamp was banned from playing League of Legends from 2016 to 2018 for his disruptive behavior towards other players.
When you hear the name Tyler, you might first think of people. But did you know that there are also places with the name Tyler? Are you also called Tyler? Maybe one day you will visit the places that are named just like you...
in the US are named Tyler. They are located in Florida, Missouri, and Washington, for example.
is the largest US city bearing that name. It has a population of more than 105,000 and was founded in 1846. The city is named for John Tyler, the tenth President of the United States.
was officially renamed Tyler in 1911, the locals call it by its original name Cherokee. The former gold mining community in California even appears on most maps under this name.
in the US are called Tyler State Park. One is located in Pennsylvania, the other in Texas.
you can find Tylertown in Walthall County. It was first known as the Magee Settlement, and has about 1,600 inhabitants today.
the name of an unincorporated community in Pennsylvania as well as a small village in the English county Kent.
There are only 386 different male names registered in every single state in the U.S., and Tyler is one of them. However, Tyler is not equally widespread in all states, but people in Utah seem to particularly fancy this name – the 10,805 men called Tyler who live here are 0,794% of all male residents and push their name up to #18 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 609,447 people with the name Tyler. Across all regions and age groups, this lands Tyler on position 52 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.
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 Tyler 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.
If your name is Tyler 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...
So that everyone really understands you when you have to spell the name Tyler, you can simply say:
Tiger
Yoyo
Lion
Elephant
Rocket
Braille is made up of dots, which the blind and visually impaired can feel to read words.
Tyler
Tyler
Just use American Sign Language!
These flags are used for maritime communication - each flag represents a letter.
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Y
L
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R
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
L
E
R
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. Tyler sounds like this:
