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Till
Say it: TIL
Meaning
Low German short form of Dietrich, from theud 'people' and ric 'ruler'.
Likelythe main view, with some doubt.
The folk trickster made it famous; it was revived in Germany from the 1970s.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 40 babies given this name since 1915
- At its height in 1915, about 1 in 169,700 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tile, Tilo
Famous bearers
- Till Eulenspiegel, trickster of folk tales
- Till Schweiger, actor
Names worth a look
Where this comes from
- Well-known works of literature
- National birth statistics of European countries source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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