Name Tyra

Origin:

From Old Norse words for thunder, thunder god and fight, battle

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About the name Tyra in particular

Gender:	female
Languages of use:	Scandinavian, English
US 2021 rank:	not in the Top 1000; other popularity lists see below
Similarly written:	Ayra, Cyra, Kyra, Lyra, Myra, Nyra, Tara, Thyra, Tora, Tyr Details

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About Thyra, the group of names with the same origin as Tyra

Language of origin:	Old Norse
Info about origin:	possibly a female form of the Old Norse name Tyr, the name of the god of war
	or a shortened from of a name which had the meaning Thor's fight
Words:	thorr = the thunder, the thunder god Old Norse
	vig = the fight, the battle Old Norse
Topics:	Germanic mythology
Variants' top ranks:	35:Tyra Sweden 2006
Somehow related to:	Tyr
Old/original forms:	Thyri Old Norse
Name variants:	Thyra, Tyra Sortable list Details

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