Comments for the name Tyson

Mike Tyson is a famous boxer and certainly a "firebrand."

Tyson Ritter is the lead singer of the All-American Rejects.

Tyson is a very popular name in my boys' elementary school. We must know of at least 8.

Tyson Vogel is one half of the band Two Gallants.

I know there is a player in the Australian football league called either Edward Tyson or Tyson Edwards (I think it's that one.) He plays for Adelaide Crows one of my most hated teams and I'm sorry but that puts me of :(.

Tyson is the loveable cyclops character in the "Percy Jackson and the Olympians" series by Rick Riordan, which is a series of children's books about the Greek gods alive and well and being themselves in the modern world.

This name always makes me think of trashy people. Gee, I wonder why? It strikes me as a name young, immature, not very well-off parents choose for their son because they think it sounds manly, and heaven forbid their son should turn out swishy or anything. So, anxious masculinity in low-class families with parents that dropped out of high school is what comes to mind.

I could be way off, but couldn't it also be from Tyler? As in "son of the tiler", tiler being someone who tiles roofs.

Tyson is also a variant of Teison/Teisen/Thiessen the German surname. Surname meaning is unknown.

I can understand the trashy image this name can bring, which is why I prefer the spelling Taison. I also like the nickname for it, Tai.

There is a brand called "Tyson" that sells bacon, chicken and other products in supermarkets.

Tyson Gay is an American track and field athlete who went to the 2008 and 2012 Olympics. He also has second fastest 100 m time ever, behind Usain Bolt.