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TYSON
GENDER:
Masculine
USAGE:
English
PRONOUNCED:
TIE-sən
[key]
Meaning & History
From an English surname which could be derived from a nickname for a quarrelsome person, from Old French
tison
meaning "firebrand". Alternatively, it could be a variant of
DYSON
. A famous bearer of the surname was boxer Mike Tyson (1966-).
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DIMINUTIVE:
Ty
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United States
ranked #
251
Canada (BC)
ranked #
62
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