Todd
given name · Latin script
Recorded as a male name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
Todd is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in China than in any other country. Recorded meaning: from a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, or to be cunning or red-haired; from northern Middle English tod 'fox'.
- CNChina≈1 in 802(inferred from the name graph)
- IEIreland≈1 in 843
- NZNew Zealand≈1 in 896
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- China (inferred from the name graph)
- #364 (measured from records)
- 3 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 626 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 724 (inferred from the name graph)
≈1,700,000 people, est.
of 15M given names
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
North Korea, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, or to be cunning or red-haired; from northern Middle English tod 'fox'.
Sources 1
- Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history]
Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Todd counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CN China | — | ≈1,700,000 est. | ≈1 in 802 | — | Todd | 51 |
| US United States | #143 | 238,713 | 1 in 1.4K | 238K | Todd | 626 |
| GB United Kingdom | #284 | ≈49,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.3K | 522 | Todd | 287 |
| CA Canada | #163 | ≈39,000 est. | ≈1 in 956 | 2 | Todd | 269 |
| KP North Korea | #154 | ≈35,000 est. | ≈1 in 724 | — | Todd | 6 |
| IE Ireland | #123 | ≈6,100 est. | ≈1 in 843 | — | Todd | 58 |
| NZ New Zealand | #165 | ≈5,500 est. | ≈1 in 896 | 16 | Todd | 142 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; Surnames of England and Wales (taliesin-arlein.net, Sept 2002 electoral register); Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender; DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Todd is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In English, Originally a surname; from Middle English todae, meaning “fox”.
as a nameIrish first names
In English, From fox/wolf, an aspirational nickname surname. First recorded with Baldwin Tod at Lamberton, Berwickshire, c.1270.
as a nameScottish Surnames
Transferred use of the surname, which was originally a nickname from an English dialect word meaning ‘fox’. itional Gaelic name Torcall, originally a borrowing of the Old Norse personal name Porketill, composed of the name of the god Porr + ketill ‘(sacrificial) cauldron’.
as a nameA concise dictionary of first names
In English, a fox in some way, for example in cunning or slyness, or perhaps more obviously in having red hair, from Northern ME tod(de) fox (of unknown origin). Var.; Tod (Scots). Tode see Terry Todeschini see Tedesco
as a nameThe Oxford Names Companion - The definitive guide to Surnames, First Names, and Place Names of the British Isles
In English, An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”).
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Robert Todd Lincolnb. 1843USUnion Army officer, U.S. ambassador, and Secretary of War (1843–1926)
- Todd Rundgrenb. 1948USAmerican musician, songwriter, and record producer
- James Spaderb. 1960USnot in their usual nameAmerican actor
- Todd Blackb. 1960USAmerican film producer
- Todd Haynesb. 1961USAmerican film director and screenwriter (born 1961)
- Todd Alcottb. 1961USAmerican screenwriter, playwright, actor, and director
- Jeff Garlinb. 1962USnot in their usual nameAmerican comedian and actor
- Todd Fieldb. 1964USAmerican actor and filmmaker (born 1964)
- Todd Phillipsb. 1970USAmerican filmmaker
- Todd Youngb. 1972USUnited States Senator from Indiana
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 65 sources across 34 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 238K | #238 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 226 | #238 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 105 | — |
| NZ New Zealand | DIA — Baby name popularity (1900–present) | 2004 | 16 | — |
| CA Canada | Statistics Canada — First names at birth by sex at birth (Table 17-10-0147-01) | 2024 | 8 | — |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 1998 | 5 | — |
| GB United Kingdom | NRS — Baby names Scotland full list (1974–present) | 2011 | 3 | #648 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2005 | 3 | #307 |
| CA Canada | Alberta Open Government — Frequency and Ranking of Baby Names by Year and Gender | 2024 | 2 | #1,520 |
| GB United Kingdom | NISRA — Baby names Northern Ireland full list (1997–present) | 2023 | — | — |
Reference works 6
- The Oxford Dictionary of Family Names in Britain and Ireland
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikipedia surname tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
- jeantosti.com — Dictionnaire des noms de famille de France et d'ailleurs (Jean Tosti)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Todd mean, and where does it come from?
- from a medieval nickname for someone thought to resemble a fox, or to be cunning or red-haired; from northern Middle English tod 'fox'. Recorded by Encyclopedia of surnames [the complete companion to tracing your names history].
- What are other forms of the name Todd?
- In the etymology graph, Tod is a form of the same name in other languages.
- Is Todd a male or female name?
- Todd is a male name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
- In which country does Todd have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 1.7 million people named Todd in China, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled todd.
- How common is the name Todd?
- In the United States, the national register counted 238,713 people named Todd in 2020, about 1 in 1.4 thousand residents.
- How common is Todd compared with other names?
- In Ireland, Todd is the 123rd most common given name of 14,976 given names recorded there.
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Query this name via API
curl https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/toddThe same payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. Rate-limited for casual use; a free API key gives 1,000 requests a day, and bulk access is licensed separately.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Todd” — the 123rd most common given name in Ireland. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.