Given name
Tilon
“a generous man”
Tilon is used as a given name. One Hebrew interpretation is “a generous man.”
Original Hebrewתולון
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “a generous man.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb lun (לון), “to lodge or to murmur.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1998. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Tilon appears in 1 Chronicles 4:20.
From biblical name research
Tilon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 5
- 5 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1998
- 5 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 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tilon’s family of names
Tilon has a related form in Tilan. Tilon has a related form in Tilen. Tilon has a related form in Tilin.
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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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