Given name & surname
Tod
“resembling a fox”
Tod is a variant of Todd. One English interpretation is “resembling a fox.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Tod is a variant of Todd. One English interpretation is “resembling a fox.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Tod is a variant of Todd. An origin associated with Todd is English.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1915. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Tod is a variant of Todd. The history of Todd gives this family its wider story. Todd’s naming history includes the use of a family name as a given name.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Tod through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,707
- 7,707 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1962
- 568 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #13,703 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for boys, ranking No. 13,703 among boys’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for boys was 568 in 1962. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,665 as a first name in 2020; 303 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tod
- Tod BrowningAmerican film actor and director (1880–1962)
- Tod WilliamsAmerican director, producer and screenwriterborn 1968
- Tod AndrewsAmerican actor (1914-1972)
- Tod D. WoltersAmerican Air Force generalborn 1960
- Tod BrownBishop of Orange in California1936–2023
- Tod Robinson CaldwellAmerican politician (1818–1874)
- Tod MurphyAmerican basketball player (born 1963)
- Tod SloanCanadian ice hockey player (1927-2017)
- Tod FryeAmerican computer programmerborn 1955
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Appears in
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