Tyrese is a modern American name from the 1990s, built on the Ty- of Tyrone and Tyrell with the -rese ending of Terese; through Tyrone it points back to the Irish county Tír Eoghain, "land of Eoghan". Singer and actor Tyrese Gibson, later a star of the Fast & Furious films, made it famous. Tyrese peaked at number 327 in 2000, soon after Gibson's 1998 debut album, has since left the top 1,000 and ranks number 2,713 in 2025, with 48 births.