"Variant of Tyler"
The name Ty is commonly a male name from the "English" origin.
Ty is a short form of longer given names, principally Tyler, and also of Tyson and Tyrone. It is recorded as an independent given name in United States birth records from 1915 onward. It has no separate root of its own; its use rests on the longer names it clips.
Tyler means "Tile layer, or a variant of Taylor. An English surname frequently used as a given name.".
The pronunciation of Ty is TYE.