Boy name origins & meanings English : Son of Ty; fieryFrench : ExplosiveGerman : Son of the German Boy name variations Tison Tiszon Tycen Tyeson Tysin Family name origins & meanings English : variant of Dyson (see Dye).English : nickname for someone with a fiery temperament, from Old French tison ‘firebrand’.Americanized spelling of German Theissen or Theisen.