Ty - Meaning of Ty

What does Ty mean?

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[ 1 syll. ty ] The baby boy name Ty is also used as a girl name, but it is much more common for boys. It is pronounced as Tay †. Ty is largely used in the English and Scandinavian languages, and its origin is Vietnamese, English, Old English, Old Norse, Celtic, and Old French. The name is used as a short form of names starting with 'Ty-'.

Ty is a variant of the name Tai (Vietnamese).

Ty is also a contraction of the name Tyler (English).

Ty is also a variant of the name Tyr (Scandinavian).

Ty is also an English contraction of the name Tyrone (English and Irish).

Ty is also a contraction of the name Tyrrell (English).

Ty is also a contraction of the name Tyson (English).

Taiye, Ti, Tie, Tye (English), and Tyrese (English) are variants of Ty.

See also the related forms, Tyquan, Tyree, Tyrick, Tyshawn, Tyvon.

See also the related categories, english, celtic, french, and scandinavian.

Ty is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity jumped from the 1950s up to the 2000s; before that, it was of very light use only. Its usage peaked modestly in 2005 with 0.115% of baby boys being given the name Ty. Its ranking then was #169. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2018, its usage was 0.024% and its ranking #584. Among the group of boy names directly linked to Ty, Tyler was the most regularly used. In 2018, its use outnumbered Ty's by 7 times. Ty has predominantly been a baby boy name in the past century.

Baby names that sound like Ty include Tai, Thai, Tie, Tye, Tade, Tae, Taet, Taete, Tahd, Tait, Taite, Taitt, Taiye, Tao, Tate, Tay, Taye, Tayt, Tayte, and Te.

† Pronunciation for Ty: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; AY as in "side (S.AY.D)"