Given name · also Latin
Tilje
“wealth, riches”
Tilje is a feminine given name from Latin, ultimately from Old High German. It is used in Norwegian Bokmål.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tilje goes back to a word meaning “wealth, riches.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Where it comes from
Tilje comes from Latin, and ultimately from Old High German.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
How it developed
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Tilje is a short form of Otilie.
Tilje’s family of names
In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Tilje is a short form of Otilie. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Tilje shares a linguistic root with the English form Tilly. In Norwegian Bokmål usage, Tilje has a related form in TILIA.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
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