Name meaning & stats
Tierney
Tierney means “lord, master”. 3,979 US babies since 1940, peak 1993.
What it means
“lord, master”
Well documented
In US birth records
Peak year: 1993
3,979 US babies were named Tierney between 1940 and 2025.
Careers
Not enough notable people named Tierney (or its spelling family) to say anything reliable yet. That's a gap in the data, not the name.
Spelling family
Tierney is the main spelling
- Tierney 96%
- Tierany 4%
Names that sound the same, grouped by Heyotag. Share of US babies since 1940.
Name twins (peaked around 1993)