Tyrell

Where Tyrell comes from

The dictionaries list Tyrell as a given name — a male given name — but don't trace where it came from. The record below is what the SSA data shows.

  • 2 syllables
Along the way
  1. 1947
    First appearance
    #3,096 among boys, 7 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1960
    Tyrell Biggs born
    American boxer
  3. 1992
    Peak, #354
    669 babies named Tyrell — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1999
    Tyrell Malacia born
    Dutch association football player
  5. 2007
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #754.
In the dictionary
  • A male given name.
Namesakes
  • Tyrell Malacia · Dutch association football player, born 1999
  • Tyrell Biggs · American boxer, born 1960
  • Tyrell Belford · English association football player, born 1994
  • Tyrell Terry · American basketball player, born 2000
  • Tyrell Richard · American sprinter, born 1997

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.