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Tyson

/ˈtaɪsən/

Tyson proper noun: a surname.

Proper noun

Tyson (plural Tysons)

  1. A surname.
    • Democrats called for investigation, not resignation, after Vanessa Tyson accused Justin Fairfax of sexual assault earlier this week.2019 February 8, Dan Merica, “Key supporters tell Justin Fairfax to step down after 2nd sexual assault allegation”, in CNN, archived from the original on 24 Dec 2022
    1. A surname, variant of Dyson
    2. A surname from Old French, variant of Tison
    3. A surname from German, variant of Theisen
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.

Forms of Tyson

pluralTysons
alternative formTison
alternative formDyson
alternative formTheisen
alternative formTheissen
alternative formTeisen
alternative formTeissen
alternative formTeison

Origin of Tyson

* A variant of Tison. A nickname from Old French tison (“firebrand”). * A patronymic English surname, variant of Dyson, from Dennis + -son. * In the US, adopted by a German family who came to America (Germantown, PA) in 1683, originally named German Teisen "son of Theiss", which was short for Matthias. Original spellings were Theisen, Theissen, Teisen, Teison.

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Phrases with Tyson

Words that rhyme with Tyson

Questions about Tyson

What does Tyson mean?
Tyson means a surname.
What part of speech is Tyson?
Tyson is a proper noun.
How do you pronounce Tyson?
Tyson is pronounced /ˈtaɪsən/.

Words near Tyson in the dictionary

  1. Tysinger
  2. Tysingers
  3. tysm
  4. Tysmenytsia
  5. Tysoe
  6. Tyson
  7. Tyson turbine
  8. Tyson turbines
  9. tysonite
  10. tysonites
  11. Tysons

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Adapted from Wiktionary: Tyson (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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