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Boy · Middle English
Todd
Say it: TOD
Meaning
From an English surname derived from Middle English todde 'fox', a nickname for a crafty person.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Popular in the US from the 1960s to the 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1960s
In the United States
- 282,897 babies given this name since 1881
- At its height in 1968, about 1 in 119 boys
- 122 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Tod
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Where this comes from
- English poll taxes and lay subsidy rolls (13th and 14th centuries)
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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