Tycho (name)

Tycho is a male name . 

Origin and meaning

The name is the Latinized form of the Greek name Tychon , derived from the Greek goddess of luck Tyche .

variants

• Tyge, Thyge (in Denmark), Tyko (in Finland), Torkel (in Norway and Sweden), Torcuil (in Scotland) 

Well-known namesake

• Tycho Brahe (1546–1601), Danish astronomer

• Tycho Mommsen (1819–1900), German classical philologist and grammar school director.

• Tycho von Wilamowitz-Moellendorff (1885–1914), German classical philologist  

Further name usage

• Tycho (moon crater)

• Tycho Brahe (Mars crater)