Given name & surname
Tully
“of the mighty people”
Tully is used as a given name and a surname. One interpretation is “of the mighty people.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One interpretation is “of the mighty people.”
Where it comes from
Tully is a variant of Tullia. An origin associated with Tullia is Irish.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1900. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tully through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,244
- 1,045 boys · 199 girls
- Most popular year
- 2023
- 49 babies
- 2025
- 35
- #5,896 for girls · #6,418 for boys
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +117%
- Rising fast
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 21 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 5,896 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. It also appeared in 14 birth records for boys in 2025. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 841 as a first name in 2020; 8,378 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.
Tully’s family of names
Tully has a related form in Tullea. Tully has a related form in Tullee. Tully has a related form in Tulleigh.
Inner ring: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 9
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Tullievariant
- Tulliavariant
- Tullisvariant
- Tulleighvariant
- Tulleavariant
- Tulleevariant
- Tullivariant
- Tulleyvariant
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Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Tully
- Tully MarshallAmerican actor (1864–1943)
- Tully BevilaquaAustralian basketball player (born 1972)
- Tully BlanchardAmerican professional wrestlerborn 1954
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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