Tyler

English occupational name
"maker of tiles"

Tyler Origin and Meaning

The name Tyler is a boy's name of English origin meaning "maker of tiles".

The presidential Tyler rocketed up popularity charts in the late 1980s and early 1990s (it ranked Number 9 for that entire decade), along with cousin Taylor, becoming almost pandemic across the land-- and to make matters more confusing, both (especially Taylor) have been used for girls as well.

Tyler is just one of many presidential surnames in use today: others include Jackson, Truman, Jefferson, Lincoln, and Madison.

# 177 in the US

Tyler Rank in US Top 1000

# 539 on Nameberry

Tyler Rank in Nameberry Top 1000

Tyler Popularity

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Famous People Named Tyler

  • Tyler Forbes aka t4our
    Canadian Rapper
  • Tyler Joseph
    American lead singer of band Twenty One Pilots
  • Tyler "Ty" Jeffrey Aaronson
    son of Julianne Aaronson
  • Tyler Perry
    American actor, director and producer
  • Tyler Gregory Okonma aka Tyler
    the Creator, American rapper
  • Tyler Florence
    American celebrity chef
  • Tyler Clutts
    American football player
  • Tyler Blackburn
    American actor and singer known for "Pretty Little Liars"
  • Tyler Polumbus
    American football player
  • Tyler Black aka Seth Rollins (born Colby Lopez)
    American pro wrestler
  • Mathew Tyler Oakley
    American vlogger
  • Tyler
    son of actors DavidTennant and Georgia Moffett
  • Tyler Seguin
    Canadian ice hockey player
  • Tyler Garcia Posey
    American actor
  • Tyler Lee Hoechlin
    American actor
  • Tyler Angle
    American ballet dancer
  • Tyler Farrar
    American cyclist
  • Tyler Hamilton
    American cyclist
  • Tyler Ritter
    son of actor John Ritter
  • Tyler Craig Steelman
    American actor
  • Tyler Abbott
    son of American actress Kathleen Quinlan
  • Tyler Baltierra
    American reality TV personality ("Teen Mom")
  • Tyler Champagne
    American actor
  • Tyler Lee Bennington
    son of Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington
  • Tyler Toney
    American YouTuber of Dude Perfect
  • Derek Tyler Carter
    American singer
  • Tyler Pappas (Logdotzip)
    American YouTuber

Tyler in Pop Culture

  • Tyler Durden
    character in Chuck Palahniuk's "Fight Club".
  • Tyler Lockwood
    character on "The Vampire Diaries".
  • Tyler "Ty" Mendoza
    character on TV's "Switched at Birth".
  • Tyler "Ty" Brennan
    character on Australian soap "Neighbours".
  • Tyler Vasquez
    character in video game "Sims 3" Moonlight Bay.
  • Tyler 'Ty' Brantley
    character in "A woman called Fancy" by Frank Yerby.
  • Tyler O'Neill
    a character on MTV's "Scream".
  • Tyler Reynolds
    character in movie "Blended".
  • Tyler Waldorf
    Blair Waldorf's younger brother in the "Gossip Girl" novel series.

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