Tyler (name)
| Pronunciation | /ˈtaɪlər/ |
|---|---|
| Gender | Unisex |
| Origin | |
| Word/name | Old English |
| Meaning | "Maker or layer of tiles, house builder" or "Doorkeeper of Inn or Tavern" |
| Region of origin | England |
| Other names | |
| Related names | Taylor |
| Frequency and comparison:[1] | |
Tyler is an English (Old English) name derived from the Old French tieuleor, tieulier (tiler, tile maker) and the Middle English tyler, tylere. The name was originally an occupational name for a house builder, one who lays tiles or bricks. It also holds the meaning of "doorkeeper of an inn" or "owner of a tavern" derived from its use in freemasonry as the name of the office of the outer guard. It is used both as a surname, and as given name for both sexes, but predominantly male.[2] Among the earliest recorded uses of the surname is from the 14th century: Wat Tyler of Kent, South East England.
People with the surname Tyler
- Alison Tyler (born 1972), author of erotic literature
- Aisha Tyler (born 1970), actress from U.S. TV series, Ghost Whisperer
- Anne Tyler (born 1941), Pulitzer Prize-winning U.S. novelist
- Billy Tyler, English footballer
- Bonnie Tyler (born 1951), Welsh rock singer
- Devin Tyler (born 1986), American football player
- Fred Tyler (born 1954), US Olympic team swimmer and aquatics coach
- Gary Tyler (born 1958), American prisoner
- George Tyler (disambiguation), several people
- Harold I. Tyler (1901–1967), New York assemblyman
- Harold R. Tyler, Jr. (1922–2005), federal judge in New York
- Harry Tyler (disambiguation), several people
- James Hoge Tyler (1846–1925), American politician
- Jeremy Tyler (born 1991), American basketball player
- John Tyler Sr. (1747–1813), governor of Virginia and father of President John Tyler Jr.
- John Tyler Jr. (1790–1862), tenth president of the United States
- Julia Gardiner Tyler (1820–1889), second wife of President John Tyler
- Kenneth E. Tyler (born 1931), American master printer and arts educator
- L C Tyler (fl. 2000s), British writer of comic crime fiction
- Lefty Tyler (1889–1953), born George Albert Tyler, American professional baseball pitcher 1910–1921
- Letitia Christian Tyler (1790–1842), first wife of President John Tyler
- Liv Tyler (born 1977), American actress, model, and daughter of Steven Tyler
- Lyon Gardiner Tyler (1853–1935), American educator and historian
- Marilyn Tyler (1926–2017), American operatic soprano
- Martin Tyler (born 1945), English sports commentator
- Michael J. Tyler (1937–2020), South Australian herpetologist, known as "The Frog Man"
- Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler (born 1941), English member of the House of Lords
- Richard Tyler (architect) (1916–2009), English architect
- Robert O. Tyler (1831–1874), American Civil War general in the Union Army
- Stephanie Tyler, British Ornithologist
- Steven Tyler (born 1948), American musician, songwriter and lead singer of Aerosmith
- Syd Tyler (1904–1971), English footballer
- Ted Tyler (Edwin James Tyler, 1864–1917), English cricketer
- Tom Tyler (1903–1954), American actor
- Varro Eugene Tyler (1926–2001), American philatelist
- Wat Tyler (Walter Tyler, died 1381), English leader of the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381
People with the middle name Tyler
- Richard Tyler Blevins (born 1991), American Twitch streamer and Internet personality
- Mary Tyler Moore (1936–2017), American actress
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson (born 1975), American actor
People with the given name Tyler
- Tyler Abell (born 1932), American lawyer
- Tyler Adams (born 1999), American soccer player
- Tyler Allen (born 1987), American race engineer
- Tyler Alvarez (born 1997), American actor
- Tyler Ankrum (born 2001), American stock car racing driver
- Tyler Armstrong (born 2004), American mountain climber
- Tyler Attardo (born 2001), Canadian soccer player
- Tyler August (born 1983), American politician
- Tyler Austin (born 1991), American professional baseball player
- Tyler Barnhardt (born 1993), American actor
- Tyler Bass (born 1997), American football player
- Tyler Bates (born 1965), American musican
- Tyler Baze (born 1982), American champion jockey
- Tyler Biadasz (born 1997), American football player
- Tyler Biggs (born 1993), American ice hockey player
- Tyler Blackburn (born 1986), American actor and singer
- Tyler Blackett (born 1994), English professional footballer
- Tyler Bleyendaal (born 1990), former New Zealand rugby player
- Tyler Bozak (born 1986), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Bray (born 1991), American football player
- Tyler Brayton (born 1979), American football player
- Tyler Brown (born 1990), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Brûlé (born 1968), Canadian journalist and magazine publisher
- Tyler Breeze (born 1988), Canadian professional wrestler
- Tyler Bryant (born 1991), American rock musician
- Tyler Butterfield (born 1983), Bermudian cyclist and triathlete
- Tyler Cain (born 1987), American basketball player
- Tyler Cameron (born 1993), American television personality and model
- Tyler Carter (born 1991), American singer, songwriter and musician
- Tyler Cassel (born 1995), Scottish footballer
- Tyler Cassidy (born 1993), American singer, songwriter and rapper better known by the name 'Froggy Fresh'
- Tyler Catalina (born 1993), American football player
- Tyler Cavanaugh (born 1994), American basketball player
- Tyler Chatwood (born 1989), American baseball player
- Tyler Childers (born 1991), American singer and songwriter
- Tyler Christopher (born 1972), American actor
- Tyler Clary (born 1989), American former swimmer
- Tyler Clippard (born 1985), American baseball player
- Tyler Cloyd (born 1984), American baseball player
- Tyler Clutts (born 1984), American football player
- Tyler Collins (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Colvin (born 1985), American baseball player
- Tyler Conklin (born 1995), American football player
- Tyler Connolly (born 1975), Canadian vocalist and guitarist for rock band Theory of a Deadman
- Tyler Cook (born 1997), American basketball player
- Tyler Cowen (born 1962), American professor
- Tyler Cravy (born 1989), American baseball player
- Tyler Cuma (born 1990), Canadian-Austrian ice hockey player
- Tyler Curry (born 1983), American HIV activist
- Tyler Danish (born 1994), American baseball player
- Tyler Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Denk (born 1976), American male model
- Tyler Diep (born 1983), American politician
- Tyler Dippel (born 2000), American professional stock car racing driver
- Tyler Dorsey (born 1996), American basketball player
- Tyler Duffey (born 1990), American baseball player
- Tyler Duncan (born 1989), American golfer
- Tyler Ebell (born 1983), Canadian football running back
- Tyler Eckford (born 1985), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Edey (born 1984), Canadian billiards player
- Tyler Eifert (born 1990), American football player, tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Tyler Engel (born 1992), American soccer player
- Tyler Ennis (born 1989), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Ennis (born 1994), Canadian basketball player
- Tyler Eppler (born 1993), American baseball player
- Tyler Ervin (born 1993), American football player
- Tyler Everett (born 1983), American football safety
- Tyler Ewing (born 1984), American television composer
- Tyler Farr (born 1984), American country music singer and songwriter
- Tyler Farrar (born 1984), American cyclist
- Tyler Feeley (born 1997), Serbian-American soccer player
- Tyler Fisher (born 1993), South African rugby player
- Tyler Florence (born 1971), American chef and television personality
- Tyler Flowers (born 1986), American baseball player
- Tyler Forbes (born 2002), British Virgins Islands footballer
- Tyler Ford (born 1990), American writer
- Tyler Fredrickson (born 1981), American football player
- Tyler Freeman (born 2003), American soccer player
- Tyler French (born 1999), English professional footballer
- Tyler Gabarra (born 1997), American soccer player
- Tyler Gaffney (born 1984), American baseball player
- Tyler Gaudet (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Garratt (born 1996), English footballer
- Tyler Gauthier (born 1997), American football player
- Tyler George (born 1982), American curler
- Tyler Geving (born 1973), American basketball player
- Tyler Gibson (born 1991), American soccer player
- Tyler Gillett (born 1982), American film director
- Tyler Goeddel (born 1996), American baseball player
- Tyler Goodrham (born 2003), English professional footballer
- Tyler Glasnow (born 1993), American baseball player
- Tyler Glenn (born 1983), lead singer and keyboardist of Neon Trees
- Tyler Graham (born 1984), American baseball player
- Tyler Graovac (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Green (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Griffey (born 1990), American basketball player
- Tyler Grisham (born 1987), American football player
- Tyler Hamilton (born 1971), American cyclist
- Tyler Hanes (born 1990), American actor, singer and dancer
- Tyler Hansbrough (born 1985), American basketball player
- Tyler Haws (born 1991), American baseball player
- Tyler Heineman (born 1991), American baseball player
- Tyler Hemming (born 1985), Canadian soccer player
- Tyler Hentschel (born 1982), American guitarist
- Tyler Herro (born 2000), American basketball player
- Tyler Herron (born 1986), American baseball player
- Tyler Higbee (born 1993), American football player
- Tyler Hilton (born 1983), American singer/songwriter/actor
- Tyler Hinman (born 1984), American crossword solver
- Tyler Hoechlin (born 1987), American actor
- Tyler Hogan (born 1998), Australian curler
- Tyler Holmes (born 1988), Canadian football player
- Tyler Holt (born 1989), American baseball player
- Tyler Honeycutt (1990–2018), American basketball player
- Tyler Hoover (born 1990), American football player
- Tyler Horn (born 1989), American football player
- Tyler Houston (born 1971), American baseball player
- Tyler Hubbard (born 1987), American singer/songwriter
- Tyler Hughes (born 1981), Canadian professional soccer player
- Tyler Humphrey (born 1991), American football player
- Tyler Huntley (born 1998), American football player
- Tyler Hynes (born 1986), Canadian actor
- Tyler Ivey (born 1996), American baseball player
- Tyler James (American musician) (born 1982)
- Tyler James (English musician) (born 1986)
- Tyler Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Johnstone (born 1992), American football player
- Tyler Joseph (born 1988), American musician in the band Twenty One Pilots
- Tyler Kelly (born 1988), American baseball player
- Tyler Kennedy (born 1986), Canadian professional hockey player
- Tyler Kent (1911–1988), American diplomat and convicted spy
- Tyler Kinley (born 1991), American baseball pitcher
- Tyler Knight (born 1984), Indoor football linebacker
- Tyler Kolek (born 1995), American baseball pitcher
- Tyler Kornfield (born 1991), American Olympic cross-country skier
- Tyler Krieger (born 1994), American baseball player
- Tyler Kroft (born 1993), American football player
- Tyler Labine (born 1978), Canadian actor
- Tyler Ladendorf (born 1988), American baseball player
- Tyler Lafauci (born 1952), former American football player
- Tyler Lamb (born 1991), American basketball player
- Tyler Lancaster (born 1994), American football player
- Tyler Lepley (born 1987), American actor
- Tyler Lewington (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Lawlor (born 1990), Canadian canoer
- Tyler Light (born 1991), American golfer
- Tyler Lindholm (born 1983), American politician
- Tyler C. Lockett (born 1932), Kansas judge
- Tyler Lorenzen (born 1985), former American football player
- Tyler Lovell (born 1987), Australian hockey player
- Tyler Luellen (born 1984), American football player
- Tyler Lumsden (born 1983), American baseball player
- Tyler Lydon (born 1990), American basketball player
- Tyler Lyons (born 1998), American baseball player
- Tyler Lyttle (born 1996), English footballer
- Tyler MacKay (born 1980), retired Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Madden (born 1999), American ice hockey player
- Tyler Mahle (born 1994), American baseball player
- Tyler Mane (born 1991), Canadian actor
- Tyler Marz (born 1992), American football player
- Tyler Matakevich (born 1992), American football player
- Tyler Matas (born 1994), Filipino-born American football player
- Tyler Matthews (born 1996), American stock car racing driver
- Tyler Matzek (born 1990), American baseball player
- Tyler McCreary (born 1993), American boxer
- Tyler McCumber (born 1991), American professional golfer
- Tyler McGill (born 1987), American swimmer
- Tyler McGregor (born 1994), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler McNeely (born 1987), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Medeiros (born 1995), Canadian singer
- Tyler Menezes (born 1992), Canadian-American businessperson
- Tyler Merren (born 1984), American goalball player
- Tyler Metcalfe (born 1984), Canadian born Hungarian ice hockey player
- Tyler Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Mislawchuk (born 1994), Canadian professional triathlete
- Tyler Mitchell (born 1995), American photographer
- Tyler Mizoguchi (born 1989), American gymnast
- Tyler Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Morley (born 1991), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Mosienko (born 1984), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Moss (born 1975), former Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Motte (born 1995), American ice hockey player
- Tyler Myers (born 1990), American born Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Nase (born 1990), American rower
- Tyler Naquin (born 1991), American baseball player
- Tyler Neitzel (born 1991), American actor
- Tyler Nevin (born 1997), American baseball player
- Tyler Newton (born 1982), American basketball player
- Tyler Nicholson (born 1995), Canadian snowboarder
- Tyler Nordgren (born 1969), American professor
- Tyler O'Neill (born 1995), Canadian baseball player
- Tyler Oakley (born 1989), American vlogger and advocate for gay youth
- Tyler Olson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Ott (born 1992), American football player
- Tyler Pasher (born 1994), Canadian soccer player
- Tyler Patmon (born 1991), American football player
- Tyler Patrick Jones (born 1994), actor from U.S. TV series, Ghost Whisperer
- Tyler Perry (born 1969), American actor, filmmaker, television producer, songwriter, author
- Tyler Phillips (born 1997), American professional baseball pitcher
- Tyler Pill (born 1990), American baseball player
- Tyler Pitlick (born 1991), American ice hockey player
- Tyler Pizarro (born 1986), Canadian jockey
- Tyler Polumbus (born 1985), American football player
- Tyler Posey (born 1991), American actor and musician
- Tyler Ramirez (born 1995), American baseball player
- Tyler Randell (born 1992), Australian rugby player
- Tyler Rasch (born 1988), American television personality
- Tyler Reddick (born 1996), American stock car racing driver
- Tyler Richards (born 1986), Canadian lacrosse player
- Tyler Riggs (born 1986), American model and actor
- Tyler Ritter (born 1985), American actor
- Tyler Roberts (born 1999), English professional footballer
- Tyler Roehl (born 1986), American football coach
- Tyler Rosenlund (born 1986), Canadian soccer player
- Tyler Ross (born 1989), American actor
- Tyler Russell (born 1990), American football player
- Tyler Ruthven (born 1988), American soccer player
- Tyler Saladino (born 1989), American baseball player
- Tyler Sambrailo (born 1992), American football player
- Tyler Scott (born 1985), Canadian football player
- Tyler Seguin (born 1992), Canadian professional hockey player
- Tyler Seitz (born 1976), Canadian lunger
- Tyler Shattock (born 1990), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tyler Shelast (born 1984), Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tyler Shields (born 1982), American photographer
- Tyler Shoemaker (born 1988), American football player
- Tyler Silvers (born 1992), American actor
- Tyler Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Skaggs, (1991–2019), American baseball player
- Tyler Steinkamp (born 1995), American Twitch streamer and online personality known as loltyler1
- Tyler Stinson (born 1986), American mixed martial artist
- Tyler Stone (born 1991), American basketball player
- Tyler Summitt (born 1990), American basketball coach
- Tyler Tardi (born 1998), Canadian curler
- Tyler Tanner (born 1991), American professional stock race car driver
- Tyler Thigpen (born 1984), American football player
- Tyler Thomas (born 1990), American football player
- Tyler Thornburg (born 1988), American baseball player
- Tyler Toffoli (born 1992), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Toland (born 2001), American football player
- Tyler Ulis (born 1996), American basketball player
- Tyler Wade (born 1994), American baseball player
- Tyler Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Ward (born 1988), American singer, songwriter and producer
- Tyler White (born 1990), American baseball player
- Tyler Wideman (born 1995), American basketball player
- Tyler Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Williamson (born 1972), American golfer
- Tyler Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Winklevoss (born 1981), American investor
- Tyler Woods (born 1982), American singer-songwriter
- Tyler Wolff (born 2003), American soccer player
- Tyler Wotherspoon (born 1993), Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Yates (born 1977), American baseball player
- Tyler Young (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Varga (born 1993), Finnish-born American football player
- Tyler Zeller (born 1990), American basketball player
- Tyler Zink (born 2001), American tennis player
- Tyler Zuber (born 1995), American baseball player
- Tyler, The Creator (born 1991), American rapper and record producer
Fictional characters
Surname
- Darcy Tyler, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Three different fictional superheroes appearing in DC Comics:
- Rex Tyler, the Golden Age Hourman
- Rick Tyler, his son and the second Hourman
- Matthew Tyler, the third Hourman, an android appearing in DC One Million
- Isabelle Tyler, from the American science fiction drama series The 4400
- Rose Tyler, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
- Jackie Tyler, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Rose's mother
- Pete Tyler, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who, Rose's father
- Sam Tyler, from the British science fiction television series Life on Mars and its American adaptation
Given name
- Tyler, a contestant from the Total Drama series.
- Tyler Churchill, from the soap opera Home and Away
- Tyler Blu Gunderson, a blue Spix's macaw from Rio and its 2014 sequel, Rio 2
- Tyler Crowley, from Stephenie Meyer's best-selling book Twilight
- Tyler Down, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Tyler Durden, from the novel Fight Club and the film adaptation
- Tyler Lockwood, from the TV show Vampire Diaries
- Tyler McCandless, from the soap opera Capitol
- Tyler Michaelson, from the soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Tyler Moon, from the soap opera Eastenders
- Tyler Sparks, from That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana
- Tyler Stone, from the comics imprint Marvel 2099
- Tyler Leander, from the 2014 novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
See also
References
- ^ Tyler Surname at Forebears
- ^ Hanks, Hardcastle and Hodges, Oxford Dictionary of First Names, Oxford University Press, 2nd edition, ISBN 978-0-19-861060-1, p. 265.
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