| Egan | Tynan | |
|---|---|---|
| Meaning | Little fire | dark, dusky |
| Origin | irish | irish |
| Gender | Boy | Boy |
| Pronunciation | EE-gən | TY-nuhn |
| Syllables | 2 | 2 |
| First appeared | 0 | 0 |
| Peak year | 2019 (49) | 1994 (38) |
| In 2025 | 0 | 0 |
| Trend | Steady | Declining |
Source: US Social Security Administration.
| Decade | Egan | Tynan |
|---|---|---|
| 2020s | 167 | 30 |
| 2010s | 325 | 92 |
| 2000s | 398 | 240 |
| 1990s | 156 | 260 |
| 1980s | 80 | 109 |
| 1970s | 65 | 0 |
| 1960s | 12 | 0 |
| 1950s | 5 | 0 |
| 1920s | 5 | 0 |
| 1910s | 6 | 0 |
Anglicized form of the surname Mac Aodhagain, 'son of Aodhagan', where Aodhagan is a double diminutive of Aodh ('fire'). The fire sense is inherited from that root rather than the name itself.
Anglicized from Irish O Teimhneain, from a diminutive of Old Irish 'teimhean' meaning 'dark, dusky, gloom'. (A minority source instead links it to O Tadhgain, 'poet', but the 'dark' derivation is the one usually given.)
Egan and Tynan are given to a similar number of US babies today.
Egan means Little fire (irish origin), while Tynan means dark, dusky (irish origin).
In US records, Egan first appears in 0 and Tynan in 0, so Egan has the longer recorded history.