Given name & surname · also German
Tilli
“the power of the people”
Tilli is a variant of Till. In German use, Till carries the interpretation “the power of the people.”
Original GermanTilly
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tilli is a variant of Till. In German use, Till carries the interpretation “the power of the people.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tilli comes from Middle Low German, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2022. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tilli through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 12
- 0 boys · 12 girls
- Most popular year
- 2022
- 7 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 5 in 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 193 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.
Tilli’s family of names
In German usage, Tilli has a related form in Mathilde. In German usage, Tilli has a related form in Tilly. In German usage, Tilli has a related form in Tilly.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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