Recent in Baby
When Baby Resists SolidsWhen Baby Resists SolidsBaby Biting TipsBaby Biting Tips5 Tips To Help Prevent Highchair Injuries5 Tips To Help Prevent Highchair InjuriesWhen Baby and Pet MeetWhen Baby and Pet MeetTreatments for ColicTreatments for ColicBaby Milestones – The First YearBaby Milestones – The First YearTips for Relieving Teething PainTips for Relieving Teething PainBenefits of Making Your Own Baby FoodBenefits of Making Your Own Baby Food

Home › Baby Names Directory › Tilmon

Tilmon

♂ Boy

How to Pronounce Tilmon

Pronounced TIL-muhn /ˈtɪl.mən/Medium

Meaning: Tilmon is a variant of Tilman or Tillman, an occupational surname from the Middle Low German meaning 'one who tills' the ground, a farmer or plowman. Carried to America and taken up as a given name, especially in the South, its final -mon spelling is a phonetic softening of -man.Low

In 30 seconds: Tilmon varies Tillman, a German surname meaning one who tills the soil. It served as a rare Southern given name a century ago (said TIL-muhn).
💕 Browse more names
Origin LowGerman, English
MeaningTilmon is a variant of Tilman or Tillman, an occupational surname from the Middle Low German meaning 'one who tills' the ground, a farmer or plowman. Carried to America and taken up as a given name, especially in the South, its final -mon spelling is a phonetic softening of -man.
U.S. rank (2005)#11331 ↘ Falling
2005 U.S. births6 boys (0.00% of U.S. boys)
Peak year1920
Total births (all-time)≈ 574

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 192018802005

U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.

SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.

History & Origin

Tilmon reflects the German surname Tillman, 'one who tills', taken up as a first name in the United States from the late 1800s through the twentieth century. Like many surname-names it was most at home in the South and was always rare, given to only a couple dozen boys a year.

A man named Tilmon would today belong to a grandfather or great-grandfather generation, and the name reads as a sturdy, old-fashioned choice rather than a current trend. Til or Tilly serve as natural short forms.

Did you know? The -man in Tillman is the same element as in the word plowman, marking an occupation, so Tilmon literally points back to a family of tillers of the soil.
Overall data confidence 50%
References — Tilmon — Variant of Tillman/Tilman; German 'one who tills'; Southern given name

Variations

TillmanTilmanTillmon

Nicknames

TilTilly

Famous Bearers

  • Famous bearers coming soon.

If you like Tilmon…

Tillman— the parent surname-name
Truman— a like occupational -man surname-name
Harmon— another -mon/-man surname used as a first name
Weldon— a similar vintage surname-name in feel

Explore names like Tilmon

By themerarevintagesurname-namegerman-root

All themes →All meanings →All origins →

Frequently Asked

What does the name Tilmon mean?

It varies Tillman, a German occupational surname meaning 'one who tills the soil', a farmer.

How do you pronounce Tilmon?

It's said TIL-muhn /ˈtɪl.mən/, two syllables with the stress on the first.

Is Tilmon a boy or girl name?

Tilmon is used as a boy's name.

How popular is Tilmon?

It was always rare, an early-twentieth-century Southern name given to only a couple dozen boys a year.

💬 Ask Nia