Given name & surname
Tilghman
“one who plows the earth”
Tilghman is a variant of Tilman. One English interpretation is “one who plows the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tilghman is a variant of Tilman. One English interpretation is “one who plows the earth.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tilghman is a variant of Tilman. An origin associated with Tilman is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tilghman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 58
- 58 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1922
- 9 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 9 in 1922. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 147 as a first name in 2020; 2,721 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.
Tilghman’s family of names
Tilghman has a related form in Tilman. In English usage, Tilghman has a related form in Tillman.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tilghman
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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