Tilly - name meaning, origin

The girl's name Tilly \t(il)-ly\ is a variant of Matilda (Old German) and Tilda, and the meaning of Tilly is "mighty in battle".

The baby name Tilly sounds like Tilli, Tally, Tilley and Tully. Other similar baby names are Milly, Billy, Cilly, Gilly, Hilly, Jilly, Lilly, Tildy and Willy.

Tilly is an uncommon first name for women but a very common last name for both men and women (#17523 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census)

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