Taryn

See also: täryn

English

Etymology

A 20th-century coinage, apparently from Tara combined with names like Karen. In the case of the American actress Taryn Power, derived from her father's given name Tyrone.

Proper noun

Taryn

1. A female given name originating as a coinage.
   • 2009 February 26, Roy Furchgott, “You’ve Sold Your Stocks. Now What?”, in The New York Times‎, archived from the original on 26 November 2022:

     BACK in the summer of 2007, Ben Mickus, a New York architect, had a bad feeling. He and his wife, Taryn, had invested in the stock market and had done well, but now that they had reached their goal of about $200,000 for a down payment on a house, Mr. Mickus was unsettled.

   • 2011, Helen Bailey, Knowing Me, Knowing You:

     I know most girls say that they've known their bezzies since they started primary school together, bonding over handmade Mother's Day cards or a hatred of the egg-and-spoon race, but I've only known Taryn since I was eleven […]

Anagrams

• ATryn, ranty, tryna, tyran