Given name & surname
Terrill
“one who is stubborn”·“a powerful man”
Terrill is a variant of Terrell. Interpretations include “one who is stubborn” and “a powerful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Terrill is a variant of Terrell. Interpretations include “one who is stubborn” and “a powerful man”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Terrill is a variant of Terrell. Terrell has been associated with French and German naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1917. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Terrill through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5,079
- 4,365 boys · 714 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 132 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −46%
- Cooling
Boys, girls and both
The balance of boys and girls given this name has shifted over time. Recent births are 100% boys.
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 6 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 122 in 1975. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,621 as a first name in 2020; 5,259 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Terrill’s family of names
Terrill has a related form in Terrell.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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