Til

Attested across 15 languages in the etymology graph.

Til is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Russian surname27 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Russia, Kazakhstan, Ukraine, United States

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Uzbek

  Also written Тиль, Тилле, Тель, Thiel, Тил

• French given name6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, India

  Also written Tïl, Tįl, Tíl, Tîl

52 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Til 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 otk, ‘tongue’; figuratively ‘speech, language, informer’

  as a word·Clauson, An Etymological Dictionary of Pre-Thirteenth-Century Turkish (1972)

• In Akan, Ak. tawA, obsol. taba [Port. tabaco'\ tobacco; hye ta, tofXl a pipe; cf. kf^si, ahabant^, asra, abiikba'. Fhr. onifAno nhye ta, = oniM DO nye two, he esteems him for nothing. atd, a taw a, the fruit of a certain tree. pr. 2769. atri', atawd, s. after ata

  as a word·Dictionary of the Asante and Fante Language called Tshi (Chwee, Twi)

• In mh, torch

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Portuguese, tilde, a diacritic (˜). Used in Portuguese to indicate a nasal vowel.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Danish, to, towards (the direction or goal of a physical movement)

  as a word·kaikki.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.

• Til Brugmanb. 1888NLDutch author, poet and linguist (1888-1958)
• Til Gabanib. 1909UScinematographer (1909–1988)
• Til Kiweb. 1915DEGerman actor and screenwriter (1915–1995)
• Til Erwigb. 1940DEGerman actor and screenwriter
• Til Metteb. 1956DEGerman artist and cartoonist
• Til Bettenstaedtb. 1976DEGerman footballer
• Til Schindlerb. 1993DEGerman actor
• Til Mavretićb. 1997SISlovenian footballer (born 1997)
• Til Wykesb. 2000GBBritish clinical psychologist
• Til Kumar Menyangbo LimbuNPNepalese politician

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).

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

What does the name Til mean, and where does it come from?

until, till Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).

What are other forms of the name Til?

In the etymology graph, Matilde, Mathilde and Mattie are forms of the same name in other languages.

Is Til a male or female name?

Til is used for both men and women. National registers that list it by sex count it under both: United States (Census Bureau, 2020). We don't publish a percentage split.

In which country does Til have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 288 people named Til, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled til.

Where is Til most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Til is densest in Slovenia — about 1 in 21 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.

How common is the name Til?

In the United States, the national register counted 288 people named Til in 2020, about 1 in 1.2 million residents.