Todd

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled টুডু in IN India.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested in 1 language in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Todd is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Spanish given name233K records spelled Todd6 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, France, Colombia, Brazil

  Languages: Spanish, French, Portuguese

  Also written Tödd

• Thai given name8.0K records spelled Todd17 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Thailand, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written ทอดด์, ทอดดี, Toddy, ท็อดด์, Thord

• Russian given name5.7K records spelled Todd18 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Russia, United Kingdom, Canada

  Languages: Russian, Ukrainian, Belarusian

  Also written Тодд, Tod, Тод, Тодда, Thode

80 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.

Other recorded senses●

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 name·Irish first names

• In English, From fox/wolf, an aspirational nickname surname. First recorded with Baldwin Tod at Lamberton, Berwickshire, c.1270.

  as a name·Scottish 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 name·A 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 name·The 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 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.

Over time●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 121 years between 1881–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 600 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Todd?

We estimate roughly 239 thousand people bear Todd (counting its spellings and scripts) across 5 countries in our records.

In which country does Todd have the most bearers?

We estimate about 238 thousand people bear Todd in the United States, more than in any other country in our records, where it is most often spelled todd.

How common is Todd compared with other names?

In the United States, Todd is the 133rd most common given name of 3,122,706 given names recorded there.

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.

What does the name Todd mean?

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'.