Tyr

Tyr is the familiar unaccented spelling of Old Norse Týr, the name of a god associated with war and justice. The name reaches back into an older Germanic divine-name tradition. “Warrior god” describes his role in mythology, rather than functioning as a precise word-by-word translation of the three-letter name.

His best-known story concerns the binding of the wolf Fenrir. Tyr places his hand in the wolf’s mouth as a pledge while the other gods secure the binding; when Fenrir realizes he cannot escape, Tyr loses the hand. That episode gives the name a particularly strong mythological association with a costly pledge. Parents considering Tyr are choosing a direct deity name, with a specific narrative background and an older accented spelling worth recognizing.