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Updated June 9, 2019

Boy name origins & meanings

  • Greek : King

Boy name variations

How Popular Is The Name Tyrone

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish American : probably a habitational name from the county of Tyrone (Gaelic Tir Eoghain ‘land of Owen’) in Ulster. The name was used as a forename among an Irish-American family of actors, of whom the first on record was Tyrone Power (1795–1841) and the most famous was his great-grandson, also called Tyrone Power (1914–58). It is not found as a surname in Ireland.

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