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Tyan

Gender
Boy
Say it
TYE-an
Origin
Modern

Tyan is a boys' name of Modern origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.

Where does Tyan come from?

Modern: blend of Ty and -an, as in Ryan

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Is Tyan a girl's or a boy's name?

Tyan is a boys' name.

How popular is Tyan in the US?

No boys in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1983, with 11 boys. It first appears in the records in 1978.

Half of all the boys named Tyan in the US since 1880 were born between 1985 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.

1978Busiest: 11 in 19832020
Tyan in the US, year by year
YearBoysRank
20206#10,599
20190–
20180–
20176#10,770
20160–
20157#9,562
20140–
20130–
20126#10,763
20117#9,593
20105#12,224
200910#7,687
20080–
20076#10,915
20067#9,579
20057#9,108
200410#6,970
20035#10,886
200210#6,515
20019#6,928
20006#9,104
19990–
19980–
19976#8,104
19968#6,489
19950–
19940–
19930–
19925#8,426
19910–
19905#8,108
19890–
198811#4,157
19878#4,962
19867#5,327
198510#4,047
19849#4,212
198311#3,629
19827#5,001
19819#4,151
19808#4,493
19796#5,353
19785#5,769

Nicknames for Tyan

Names like Tyan

Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.

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Sources

Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.

To cite this page: Nameling, “Tyan: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/tyan, updated 20 October 2026.