Given name & surname
Tilman
“one who plows the earth”
Tilman is used as a given name and a surname. One English interpretation is “one who plows the earth.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One English interpretation is “one who plows the earth.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
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
Tilman through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 930
- 930 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1926
- 26 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 7 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 26 in 1926. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 454 as a first name in 2020; 879 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.
Tilman’s family of names
Tilman has a related form in Tillman. Tilman has a related form in Tilghman. In German usage, Tilman has a related form in TILLMANN.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 5
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Tilman
- Tilman RiemenschneiderGerman sculptor and woodcarver (c.1460–1531)
- Tilman FertittaAmerican businessmanborn 1957
- Tilman NagelGerman orientalist (born 1942)
- Tilman SpenglerGerman writerborn 1947
- Tilman KubanGerman politicianborn 1987
- Tilman RammstedtGerman authorborn 1975
- Tilman ZülchGerman human rights activist (1939–2023)
- Tilman B. ParksAmerican politician (1872-1950)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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