Tyler (name)
Tyler is a given name that is gender-neutral but predominantly male, as well as a surname.
It is an Old English name derived from the Old French tieuleor, tieulier and the Middle English tyler, tylere. The name was originally an occupational name for a housebuilder, one who lays tiles or bricks. It also holds the meaning of "doorkeeper of an inn" or "owner of a tavern", derived from its use in freemasonry as the name of the office of the outer guard. Among the earliest recorded uses of the surname is Wat Tyler of Kent, England.
People with the surname Tyler
- Aisha Tyler, American actress, comedian, director, and talk show host
- Anne Tyler, American novelist
- Billy Tyler, English footballer
- Bonnie Tyler, Welsh rock singer
- Devin Tyler, American football player
- Fred Tyler, US Olympic team swimmer and aquatics coach
- Gary Tyler, American prisoner
- George Tyler (disambiguation), multiple people
- Harold I. Tyler, New York assemblyman
- Harold R. Tyler, Jr., federal judge in New York
- Harrison Ruffin Tyler, American chemical engineer, businessperson, and preservationist
- Harry Tyler (disambiguation), multiple people
- James Hoge Tyler, American politician
- Jeremy Tyler, American basketball player
- John Tyler Sr., governor of Virginia and father of President John Tyler Jr.
- John Tyler Jr., tenth president of the United States
- Julia Gardiner Tyler, second wife of President John Tyler
- Kenneth E. Tyler, American master printer and arts educator
- Kyle Tyler, American baseball player
- L C Tyler, British writer of comic crime fiction
- Lefty Tyler, born George Albert Tyler, American professional baseball pitcher 1910–1921
- Letitia Christian Tyler, first wife of President John Tyler
- Linda Tyler, New Zealand art historian
- Liv Tyler, American actress, model, and daughter of Steven Tyler
- Lyon Gardiner Tyler, American educator and historian
- Marilyn Tyler, American operatic soprano
- Mark Tyler, English professional footballer
- Martin Tyler, English sports commentator
- Michael J. Tyler, South Australian herpetologist, known as "The Frog Man"
- Parker Tyler, American author, poet, and film critic
- Paul Tyler, Baron Tyler, English member of the House of Lords
- Richard Tyler (architect), English architect
- Robert O. Tyler, American Civil War general in the Union Army
- Stephanie Tyler, British Ornithologist
- Steven Tyler, American musician, songwriter and lead singer of Aerosmith
- Syd Tyler, English footballer
- Tank Tyler, American football player
- Ted Tyler, English cricketer
- T. Texas Tyler, American country music singer
- Tom Tyler, American actor
- Varro Eugene Tyler, American philatelist
- Wat Tyler, English leader of the English Peasants' Revolt of 1381
- William Seymour Tyler, American historian
People with the middle name Tyler
- Richard Tyler Blevins, American Twitch streamer and Internet personality
- Jesse Tyler Ferguson, American actor
- Zachary Tyler Fruit, American baseball player
- Mary Tyler Moore, American actress
- Brandon Sklenar, American actor born Brandon Tyler Feakins
People with the given name Tyler
Men
- Tyler, the Creator, American rapper, singer, songwriter, actor, fashion designer, and record producer
- tyler1, American Twitch streamer and online personality
- Tyler Abell, American lawyer
- Tyler Acord, American record producer and songwriter
- Tyler Adams, American soccer player
- Tyler Aldridge, American professional golfer
- Tyler Alexander, American baseball player
- Tyler Allen (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Allgeier, American football player
- Tyler Alvarez, American actor
- Tyler Anbinder, American historian
- Tyler Anderson, American baseball pitcher
- Tyler Ankrum, American stock car racing driver
- Tyler Ardron, Canadian rugby union player
- Tyler Armstrong, American mountain climber
- Tyler Arnason, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Arnone, American soccer player
- Tyler Attardo, Canadian soccer player
- Tyler August, American politician
- Tyler Austin, American professional baseball player
- Tyler Badie, American football player
- Tyler Baker (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Barnhardt, American actor
- Tyler Bashlor, American baseball player
- Tyler Bass, American football player
- Tyler Bate, English professional wrestler
- Tyler Bates, American musician
- Tyler Batty, American football player
- Tyler Baze, American champion jockey
- Tyler Beach, American football player
- Tyler Beechey, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Beede, American baseball player
- Tyler Bellamy, American soccer player
- Tyler Beskorowany, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Bennett, American Paralympic footballer
- Tyler Benson, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Bertuzzi, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Bey, American basketball player
- Tyler Biadasz, American football player
- Tyler Biggs, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Birch, New Zealand rugby league footballer
- Tyler Black (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Blackburn, American actor and singer
- Tyler Blackett, English professional footballer
- Tyler Blackwood, English footballer
- Tyler Blanski, American musician, author and record producer
- Tyler Bleyendaal, New Zealand rugby player
- Tyler Booker, American football player
- Tyler Booth, American musician
- Tyler Bouck, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Boudreau, American military veteran
- Tyler Botha, South African skeleton racer
- Tyler Bowen, American football player
- Tyler Boyd (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Bozak, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Bradt, American whitewater kayaker
- Tyler Bray, American football player
- Tyler Brayton, American football player
- Tyler Brenner, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Brickler, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Brown (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Brûlé, Canadian journalist and magazine publisher
- Tyler Breeze, Canadian professional wrestler
- Tyler Bryant, American rock musician
- Tyler Buchner, American football player
- Tyler Bunch, American actor, director and puppet designer
- Tyler Bunz, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Burton, American basketball player
- Tyler Butterfield, Bermudian cyclist and triathlete
- Tyler Cain, American basketball player
- Tyler Cameron, American television personality and model
- Tyler Carter, American singer, songwriter and musician
- Tyler Carter (alpine skier), American para-alpine skier
- Tyler Cassel, Scottish footballer
- Tyler Cassidy, American singer, songwriter and rapper better known by the name 'Froggy Fresh'
- Tyler Catalina, American football player
- Tyler Cavanaugh, American basketball player
- Tyler Chatwood, American baseball player
- Tyler Childers, American singer and songwriter
- Tyler Christopher (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Clary, American swimmer
- Tyler Clippard, American baseball player
- Tyler Cloyd, American baseball player
- Tyler Clutts, American football player
- Tyler Collins (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Colvin, American baseball player
- Tyler Conklin, American football player
- Tyler Connolly, Canadian vocalist and guitarist for rock band Theory of a Deadman
- Tyler Cook, American basketball player
- Tyler Coppin, American-Australian actor
- Tyler Cowen, American professor
- Tyler Coyle, American football player
- Tyler Crapigna, Canadian football player
- Tyler Cravy, American baseball player
- Tyler Cuma, Canadian-Austrian ice hockey player
- Tyler Curry, American HIV activist
- Tyler Danish, American baseball player
- Tyler Davis (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Deis, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Denton, English professional footballer
- Tyler Denny, English professional boxer
- Tyler Deric, American soccer player
- Tyler Dickerson, American country music artist
- Tyler Dickinson, English rugby league footballer
- Tyler Diep, Vietnamese born American politician
- Tyler Dietrich, Canadian ice hockey coach
- Tyler Dippel, American professional stock car racing driver
- Tyler Donati, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Dorsey, American basketball player in the Israeli Basketball Premier League
- Tyler Dueck, Canadian racing driver
- Tyler Duffey, American baseball player
- Tyler Duncan, American golfer
- Tyler Ebell, Canadian football running back
- Tyler Eckford, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Edey, Canadian billiards player
- Tyler Eifert, American football player, tight end for the Cincinnati Bengals
- Tyler Engel, American soccer player
- Tyler Ennis (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Eppler, American baseball player
- Tyler Ervin, American football player
- Tyler Evans (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Everett, American football safety
- Tyler Ewing, American television composer
- Tyler Farr, American country music singer and songwriter
- Tyler Farrar, American cyclist
- Tyler Feeley, Serbian-American soccer player
- Tyler Ferguson, American baseball player
- Tyler Fisher, South African rugby player
- Tyler Florence, American chef and television personality
- Tyler Flowers, American baseball player
- Tyler Forbes (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Ford, American writer
- Tyler Fredrickson, American football player
- Tyler Freeman (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler French, English professional footballer
- Tyler Frost, English professional footballer
- Tyler Gabarra, American soccer player
- Tyler Gaffney, American baseball player
- Tyler Gaudet, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Garratt, English footballer
- Tyler Gauthier, American football player
- Tyler George, American curler
- Tyler Geving, American basketball player
- Tyler Gibson, American soccer player
- Tyler Gillett, American film director
- Tyler Goeddel, American baseball player
- Tyler Goodrham, English professional footballer
- Tyler Goodson, American football player
- Tyler Glasnow, American baseball player
- Tyler Glenn, lead singer and keyboardist of Neon Trees
- Tyler Graham, American baseball player
- Tyler Graovac, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Green (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Griffey, American basketball player
- Tyler Grisham, American football player
- Tyler Gron, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Guilfoil, American baseball player
- Tyler Hall (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Hamilton, American cyclist
- Tyler Hanes, American actor, singer and dancer
- Tyler Hansbrough, American basketball player
- Tyler Harrell, American football player
- Tyler Harvey (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Haws, American baseball player
- Tyler Heineman, American baseball player
- Tyler Hemming, Canadian soccer player
- Tyler Hentschel, American guitarist
- Tyler Herro, American basketball player
- Tyler Herron, American baseball player
- Tyler Hicks, American photojournalist
- Tyler Higbee, American football player
- Tyler Higgins, American baseball player
- Tyler Hill (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Hilton, American singer/songwriter/actor
- Tyler Hines, American basketball player
- Tyler Hinman, American crossword solver
- Tyler Hoechlin, American actor
- Tyler Hogan, Australian curler
- Tyler Holmes, Canadian football player
- Tyler Holt, American baseball player
- Tyler Honeycutt, American basketball player
- Tyler Hoover (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Horn, American football player
- Tyler Hornby-Forbes, British Virgins Islands footballer
- Tyler Houston, American baseball player
- Tyler Hubbard, American singer/songwriter
- Tyler Hughes, Canadian professional soccer player
- Tyler Hughes (American football), American football coach
- Tyler Huntley, American football player
- Tyler Hynes, Canadian actor
- Tyler Ivey, American baseball player
- Tyler James (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Johnson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Johnstone, American football player
- Tyler Patrick Jones, American actor
- Tyler Joseph, American musician in the band Twenty One Pilots
- Tyler Kalinoski, American basketball player
- Tyler Kennedy, Canadian professional hockey player
- Tyler Kent, American diplomat and convicted spy
- Tyler Kepkay, Canadian basketball player
- Tyler Kettering, American soccer player
- Tyler Kinley, American baseball pitcher
- Tyler Knight, American indoor football linebacker
- Tyler Kolek (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Kornfield, American Olympic cross-country skier
- Tyler Krieger, American baseball player
- Tyler Kroft, American football player
- Tyler Kyte, Canadian actor and musician
- Tyler Labine, Canadian actor
- Tyler Lacy, American football player
- Tyler Ladendorf, American baseball player
- Tyler Lafauci, American football player
- Tyler Lamb, American basketball player
- Tyler Lancaster, American football player
- Tyler Larsen, American football player
- Tyler Larter, Canadian ice hockey centre
- Tyler Lawlor, Canadian canoer
- Tyler LaTorre, American baseball coach
- Tyler Lepley, American actor
- Tyler Lewington, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler LeVander, American musician and producer
- Tyler Light, American golfer
- Tyler Linderbaum, American football player
- Tyler Lindholm, American politician
- Tyler Lockett, American football player
- Tyler C. Lockett, Kansas judge
- Tyler Lorenzen, American football player
- Tyler Lovell, Australian hockey player
- Tyler Ludwig, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Luellen, American football player
- Tyler Lumsden, American baseball player
- Tyler Lydon, American basketball player
- Tyler Lyons, American baseball player
- Tyler Lyttle, English footballer
- Tyler Mabry, American football player
- Tyler MacKay, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler MacNiven, American filmmaker and reality TV contestant
- Tyler Madden, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Mahle, American baseball player
- Tyler Mane, Canadian actor
- Tyler Marz, American football player
- Tyler Matakevich, American football player
- Tyler Matas, Filipino-born American football player
- Tyler Matthews, American stock car racing driver
- Tyler Mattison, American baseball player
- Tyler Matzek, American baseball player
- Tyler McCaughn, American politician
- Tyler McCreary, American boxer
- Tyler McCumber, American professional golfer
- Tyler McGill, American swimmer
- Tyler McGillivary
- Tyler McGregor, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Medeiros, Canadian singer
- Tyler Menezes, Canadian-American businessperson
- Tyler Merren, American goalball player
- Tyler Metcalfe, Canadian born Hungarian ice hockey player
- Tyler Miller (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Mislawchuk, Canadian professional triathlete
- Tyler Mitchell (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Mizoguchi, American gymnast
- Tyler Moore (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Morley, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Mosienko, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Moss, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Motte, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Moy, Swiss-American ice hockey player
- Tyler Mulder, American track and field athlete
- Tyler Murphy, American football player
- Tyler Myers, American born Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Nase, American rower
- Tyler Naquin, American baseball player
- Tyler Neitzel, American actor
- Tyler Nella, Canadian alphine skier
- Tyler Nelson (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Nevin, American baseball player
- Tyler Newton, American basketball player
- Tyler Nicholson, Canadian snowboarder
- Tyler Nordgren, American professor
- Tyler Nubin, American football player
- Tyler O'Neill, Canadian baseball player
- Tyler Oakley, American vlogger and advocate for gay youth
- Tyler Oliveira, American YouTuber and journalist
- Tyler Olson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Ott, American football player
- Tyler Owens, American football player
- Tyler Palko, American football player
- Tyler Palmer, American alpine skier
- Tyler Pasher, Canadian soccer player
- Tyler Pastornicky, American baseball player
- Tyler Patmon, American football player
- Tyler Paul, South African rugby player
- Tyler Perry, American actor, filmmaker, television producer, songwriter, author
- Tyler Phillips, American professional baseball pitcher
- Tyler Pierce (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Pill, American baseball player
- Tyler Pitlick, American ice hockey player
- Tyler Pizarro, Canadian jockey
- Tyler Polak, American soccer player
- Tyler Polley, American basketball player
- Tyler Polumbus, American football player
- Tyler Pope, American guitarist
- Tyler Posey, American actor and musician
- Tyler Pursel, American songwriter and record producer
- Tyler Randell (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Rasch, American television personality
- Tyler Read (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Reddick, American stock car racing driver
- Tyler Redenbach, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Reed (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Rees, Welsh snooker player
- Tyler Reese, American musician
- Tyler Reid (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Relph, American basketball player
- Tyler Rich, American country music singer
- Tyler Richards, Canadian lacrosse player
- Tyler Riggs, American model and actor
- Tyler Ritter, American actor
- Tyler Rix, British singer and songwriter
- Tyler Roberson, American basketball player
- Tyler Roberts, English professional footballer
- Tyler Robertson, American baseball player
- Tyler Robinson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Roehl, American football coach
- Tyler Rogers, American baseball player
- Tyler Rosenlund, Canadian soccer player
- Tyler Ross, American actor
- Tyler Rudy, American soccer player
- Tyler Russell, American football player
- Tyler Ruthven, American soccer player
- Tyler Saladino, American baseball player
- Tyler Sambrailo, American football player
- Tyler Sanders (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Santucci, American football coach
- Tyler Schmitt, American football player
- Tyler Schultz, American shot putter
- Tyler Scott (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Seguin, Canadian professional hockey player
- Tyler Seitz, Canadian lunger
- Tyler Shandro, Canadian lawyer and politician
- Tyler Shatley, American football player
- Tyler Shattock, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tyler Shaw, Canadian singer and actor
- Tyler Sheehan, American football player
- Tyler Shelast, Canadian professional ice hockey player
- Tyler Shelvin, American football player
- Tyler Shields, American photographer
- Tyler Shoemaker, American football player
- Tyler Shough, American football player
- Tyler Smith (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Skaggs, American baseball player
- Tyler Stableford, American commercial director
- Tyler Starr, American football player
- Tyler Steen, American football player
- Tyler Stephenson, American baseball player
- Tyler Stewart, Canadian musician
- Tyler Stinson, American mixed martial artist
- Tyler Stone (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Strafaci, American golfer
- Tyler Stuart, American baseball player
- Tyler Sturdevant, American baseball player
- Tyler Summitt, American basketball coach
- Tyler Tardi, Canadian curler
- Tyler Tanner, American professional stock race car driver
- Tyler Thigpen, American football player
- Tyler Thomas, American football player
- Tyler Thornburg, American baseball player
- Tyler Toffoli, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Tolbert, American baseball player
- Tyler Toner Former professional mixed martial arts fighter
- Tyler Toney, YouTuber and Internet Personality
- Tyler Turner (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Ulis, American basketball player
- Tyler Van Dyke, American football player
- Tyler Varga, American football player
- Tyler Vaughns, American football player
- Tyler Vitelli, YouTuber and online personality
- Tyler Vlahovich, American artist
- Tyler Volk, professor at New York University
- Tyler Vorpagel, American politician
- Tyler Vrabel, American football player
- Tyler Wade, American baseball player
- Tyler Wagner, American baseball player
- Tyler Wahl, American basketball player
- Tyler Walker (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Ward, American singer, songwriter and producer
- Tyler Warren, American football player
- Tyler Webb, American baseball player
- Tyler Weiman, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Weir, English professional footballer
- Tyler Wells, American baseball player
- Tyler White, American baseball player
- Tyler Wideman, American basketball player
- Tyler Wilkerson, American basketball player
- Tyler Williams (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Williamson, American golfer
- Tyler Wilson (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Winklevoss, American investor
- Tyler Woessner, American baseball player
- Tyler Wolff, American soccer player
- Tyler Woods, American singer-songwriter
- Tyler Wotherspoon, Canadian ice hockey player
- Tyler Yarema, Canadian singer and songwriter
- Tyler Yates, American baseball player
- Tyler Young (disambiguation), multiple people
- Tyler Zeller, American basketball player
- Tyler Zink, American tennis player
- Tyler Zuber, American baseball player
Women
- Tyler Clark Burke, Canadian artist, illustrator, designer, and writer
- Tyler Collins (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Devlin, American drag performer and make-up artist
- Tyler Dodds, English footballer
- Tyler Haney, American businesswoman and founder of the company Outdoor Voices
- Tyler Heavner, American drag performer and musician
- Tyler Hyde, Member rock band Black Country, New Road
- Tyler Layton, American actress
- Tyler Lewis, English singer and songwriter
- Tyler Lussi, American professional soccer player
- Tyler Mills, American poet, essayist, editor, and scholar
- Tyler-Jane Mitchel, New Zealand actress
- Tyler Pierce (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Reid (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Smith (disambiguation), Multiple people
- Tyler Toland, Irish professional footballer
- Tyler Tumminia, American sports executive and commissioner
- Tyler Wright (surfer), American professional surfer
Fictional characters
Given name
- Tyler, a contestant from the Total Drama series
- Tyler, a character from the horror comic series Witch Creek Road
- Tyler, a boy from the American-Canadian TV series Pinky Dinky Doo
- Tyler Barrol, a character from the American soap opera Revenge
- Tyler Bowman, from the Canadian animated TV series Supernoobs
- Tyler Brennan, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Tyler Brennen, from the TV series Burn Notice
- Tyler Churchill, from the Australian soap opera Home and Away
- Tyler Blu Gunderson, a blue Spix's macaw from Rio and its 2014 sequel, Rio 2
- Tyler Crowley, from Stephenie Meyer's book Twilight
- Tyler Cutebiker, from the animated TV series Gravity Falls
- Tyler Dayspring, a character from comic books produced by Marvel
- Tyler Down, a character in the novel and Netflix series 13 Reasons Why
- Tyler Downing, a character from the television series The 4400
- Tyler Durden, from the novel Fight Club and the film adaptation
- Tyler James, from the TV series Dog with a Blog
- Tyler Kennedy "TK" Strand, 9-1-1: Lone Star character
- Tyler King, from the Highlander TV and film series
- Tyler Leander, from the 2014 novel Station Eleven by Emily St. John Mandel
- Tyler Lockwood, from the TV series Vampire Diaries
- Tyler McCandless, from the American soap opera Capitol
- Tyler Michaelson, from the American soap opera The Young and the Restless
- Tyler Moon, from the British soap opera EastEnders
- Tyler Nguyen-Baker, a character from the 2022 animated film Turning Red
- Tyler Plummer, from the 2005 film The Pacifier
- Tyler Ronan, from the video game Tell Me Why (video game)
- Tyler Sparks, from That's So Suite Life of Hannah Montana
- Tyler Steele, from the TV series VR Troopers
- Tyler Stone (Marvel Comics), from the comics imprint ''Marvel 2099''
Surname
- Darcy Tyler, from the Australian soap opera Neighbours
- Jamie Tyler, an American boy with mind control powers from Anthony Horowitz's Power of Five series
- Three superheroes appearing in DC Comics:
- * Rex Tyler, the Golden Age Hourman
- * Rick Tyler, his son and the second Hourman
- * Matthew Tyler, the third Hourman, an android appearing in DC One Million
- Isabelle Tyler, from the American science fiction drama series The 4400
- Rose Tyler, from the British science fiction television series Doctor Who
- * Jackie Tyler, Rose's mother
- * Pete Tyler, Rose's father
- Sam Tyler, from the British science fiction television series Life on Mars and its American adaptation
- Ron Tyler, a main character in Child's Play 3
- Vince Tyler, from the British television series ''Queer As Folk''