Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Tysvær farm () since the first Tysvær Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the old male name . The last element is which means "fjord". Over time, the last element was corrupted to which means "fishing village", but that was not the meaning of the original name.
Name The municipality (originally the parish) is named after the old Tysvær farm () since the first Tysvær Church was built there. The first element is the genitive case of the old male name  The last element is which means "fjord". Over time, the last element was corrupted to which means "fishing village", but that was not the meaning of the original name.