Tyler

From Middle English Tyler, Tylere, Tygler, Tygheler, Tyghelere, Tyghelare, Tygelere, from Middle English tiler, tylere, tylare, tylier (“tiler”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈtaɪlɚ/

Tyler (countable and uncountable, plural Tylers)

1. An occupational surname​ for a tiler.
2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
   • 1930 Henry Robinson Luce, Fortune (published by Time, inc., 1930):

     However, the whippet-like appearance of most Tyler Corp. executives suggests what McKinney really wants is a spring-legged crew that can run its competitors into the ground. - - - It's no coincidence, either, that his seven-year-old son is named Tyler.

   • 1977 Peter Tauber, The Last Best Hope →ISBN, page 78:

     "Yeah, I guess. I'm part Ty Cobb and Babe Ruth - on paper."

     Zermatt sucked his teeth, still dubious. "I thought Cobb was Tyrus."

     "Sounded too foreign for my mom or something. And there was some Scottish rebel named Tyler - maybe a cousin, so they compromised. It's kind of presidential, too, I guess. And my middle name is for - da-dum! - George Herman Ruth."

3. (uncommon relative to the male given name) A female given name used since the 1980s.
4. A city in Minnesota.
5. A city in Texas, and the county seat of Smith County.

• Tyler County
• Tylerism
• Tylerize