Etymology

Tyson

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Today it means: A surname. Full definition →

Old French tison ← German Teisen
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  1. German · derived fromTeisen
  2. Old French · derived fromtison“firebrand”
  3. English todayTyson

* 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.

Words from the same roots

Old Frenchtison all →

Tison

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