Tyner

Tyner

Tyner may refer to:

Places

In the United States:
* Tyner, Indiana
* Tyner, Kentucky
* Tyner, North Carolina

People

* James Noble Tyner, postmaster general from 1876 to 1877
* Jarvis Tyner, executive vice chair of the Communist Party USA
* Jason Tyner, Major League Baseball outfielder
* McCoy Tyner, jazz pianist
* Robin Tyner, lead singer for the American hard rock band MC5

Possible origins of the surname

* Germanic: someone from Tinnen, a town in Lower Saxony
* English: someone living along the River Tyne
* English: a trimmer or mender of hedges (tines are shears)
* Dutch: "Tuyn", meaning twine-maker


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