Entry № 10855 · Greek origin

Tyro Tyro — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ TIE-roh /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Pelias's mother (loved Enipeus the river)"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "pelias's mother (loved enipeus the river)".

Tyro (Τυρώ) is the Greek mythological princess of Thessaly — daughter of Salmoneus, in love with the river god Enipeus.

Pelias's mother (loved Enipeus the river) — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Τυρώ

Transliteration: Tyrṓ
Pronunciation: / ˈtaɪ.roʊ /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Tyro stands.

Tyro does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Namesakes

Tyros before her.

Real people

Tyro

Greek mythological figure.

In fiction

Tyro

Homer's Odyssey 11.

Names connected to Tyro.

Numerology

The number behind Tyro.

The Nurturer

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tyro reduce to 6, The Nurturer. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.