This name become popularized in the United States circa 1938 due to the American actor Tyrone Power. There are actually quite a few people with the name "Tyrone Power" in fact. Tyrone Power was a huge star up to the time he died in 1958. I don't think when people name their child Tyrone they are naming him after a county. Tyrone Power pronounced his name terOWN.
Tyrone Turtle, a character in Tiny Toon Adventures.
― Anonymous User 7/19/2014
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Tyrone Power (born Tyrone Edmund Power Jr.) was an American actor.
― Anonymous User 12/12/2011
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Erykah Badu has a song called "Call Tyrone". It is essentially about Erykah having a boyfriend who always hangs out with his friends, including one called Tyrone. She is dumping him and tells him to 'call Tyrone' to take him somewhere other than her house.