Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Tilla isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1881. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tilla through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 86
- 0 boys · 86 girls
- Most popular year
- 1889
- 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 girls is 7 in 1985. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 9 in 1889. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 109 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tilla’s family of names
In German usage, Tilla has a related form in Tilli. In Greek usage, Tilla as a surname is a transliteration of Τίλλα.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tilla
- Tilla DurieuxAustrian actress and art collector who fled Nazis (1880-1971)
- Tilla ValstadNorwegian writer (1871-1957)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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