Tiran
given name · Latin script
Recorded for both men and women· direction only, no split published
/ʃɹən/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Tiran is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.
- ILIsrael≈1 in 74K(inferred from the name graph)
- GYGuyana1 in 750K
- ITItaly≈1 in 1.8M
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- United States (measured from records)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 17 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 74K (inferred from the name graph)
174 people, 2020
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Israel, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin
No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.
Attested across 2 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Tiran counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | 174 | 1 in 1.9M | 166 | Tiran | 17 |
| IL Israel | ≈120 est. | ≈1 in 74K | — | Tiran | 3 |
| IT Italy | ≈34 est. | ≈1 in 1.8M | 1 | — | 1 |
| GB United Kingdom | ≈33 est. | ≈1 in 2M | — | Tiran | 13 |
| FR France | ≈11 est. | ≈1 in 6.3M | 46 | — | — |
| GY Guyana | 1 | 1 in 750K | 1 | — | — |
174 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000); Guyana — Official List of Electors July 2025; ISTAT — Contanomi newborn per-name series (1999–2024, JSONP backend). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Tiran is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Ellipsis of Tiran Island: an island formerly of Egypt, since 2017 of Saudi Arabia, located between the southern end of the Sinai Peninsula and Arabian Peninsula.
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Asturian, third-person plural present subjunctive of tirar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Galician, third-person plural present indicative of tirar
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Dutch, tyrant, absolute ruler of an Ancient polis
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In Turkish, Tirana (the capital city of Albania)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In kwh, common hammer oyster
as a wordAustronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Louis Tiranb. 1910FROccitan poet (1910-1996)
- Jože Tiranb. 1920SISlovene stage actor and theatre director
- Irena Yebuah Tiranb. 1974SISlovene singer
- Itay Tiranb. 1980ILIsraeli actor
- Jernej Tiranb. 1985SISlovene geographer
- Virgil TiranAmerican businessman
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 18 sources across 12 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1941 | 64 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1961 | 55 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1921 | 53 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1991 | 46 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1951 | 45 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1901 | 44 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1971 | 37 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1931 | 35 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1981 | 34 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1911 | 33 | — |
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des noms de famille (1891–2000) | 1891 | 33 | — |
Reference works 2
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- How do you pronounce Tiran?
- A machine transcription gives /ʃɹən/ (IPA) for English.
- Is Tiran a male or female name?
- Tiran is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Tiran have the most bearers?
- In the United States, the national register counted about 174 people named Tiran, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled tiran.
- How common is the name Tiran?
- In the United States, the national register counted 174 people named Tiran in 2020, about 1 in 1.9 million residents.
What do you want to know about Tiran?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/tiranThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Tiran”. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.