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Tod name meaning

First Name
8k
in the U.S.
since 1880
Last Name
262
in the U.S.
in 2010
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Meaning and Origin

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Origin and Meaning of Tod

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American
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Scottish
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Webster's Unabridged Dictionary
noun Tod
Senses
  1. A bush; a thick shrub; a bushy clump.(R)"An ivy todde." [Spenser.]"The ivy tod is heavy with snow." [Coleridge.]
  2. An old weight used in weighing wool, being usually twenty-eight pounds.
  3. A fox; -- probably so named from its bushy tail."The wolf, the tod, the brock." [B. Jonson.]

Etymology: Akin to D. todde a rag, G. zotte shag, rag, a tuft of hair, Icel. toddi a piece of a thing, a tod of wool
verb Tod
To weigh; to yield in tods.
Other Dictionary Sources
  1. A unit of weight for wool equal to about 28 pounds
  2. Alone and on your own ("don't just sit there on your tod")
Wiktionary

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  1. (now Britain dialect) A fox.
    1. A male fox; a dog; a reynard.
  2. Someone like a fox; a crafty person.

Apparently cognate with East Frisian todde (“bundle”), dialectal Swedish todd (“mass (of wool)”).

  1. A bush; used especially of ivy.
  2. An old English measure of weight, usually of wool, containing two stone or 28 pounds (13 kg).

    tod was also found in the following language(s): Lojban, Old High German, and Slovene

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    Notable Persons Named Tod

    Notable Persons Named Tod

    Tod Williams

    Tod Williams is a director, producer, screenwriter, film director, and film producer. His ongoing career started in 1998. Tod was given the name Tod Culpan Williams on September 27th, 1968 in New York City. Tod is also known as Kip Williams.

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    Tod Browning

    Tod Browning was a film, actor, film director, screenwriter, filmactor, and director. His most notable accomplishments were from 1915 to 1939. Tod was given the name Charles Albert Browning, Jr. on July 12th, 1880 in Louisville, Kentucky. He died on October 6th, 1962.

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    Tripp Eisen

    Tripp Eisen is an industrial metal, nu metal, alternative metal, and hard rock musician. He plays Guitar. He was most prominent from 1986 to 2005. Tripp was given the name Tod Rex Salvador on June 29th, 1965 in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania. Tripp is also known as Tripp Rex Eisen and Rex Eisen.

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    Tod Slaughter

    Tod Slaughter was an actor. He was most active from 1905 to 1956. Tod was given the name Norman Carter Slaughter on March 19th, 1885 in Newcastle upon Tyne. He died on February 19th, 1956.

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    Tod Andrews

    Tod Andrews was an actor. Tod was born Tod Andrews on November 10th, 1914 in Buffalo, New York. Tod is also known as Michael Ames and Tod Williams. He breathed his last breath in 1972.

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    Tod Leiweke

    Tod was born on January 12th, 1960.

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      Jockey
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      Medician
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    Notable Persons With the Last Name Tod

    Notable Persons With the Last Name Tod

    James Tod

    James Tod was a political agent; historian; cartographer; numismatist and political resident. James was born on March 20th, 1782 in Islington, London, UK. He passed away on November 18th, 1835.

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    David Tod

    David Tod was a Governor of Ohio. He was most active from 1862 to 1864. David was born on February 21st, 1805 in Youngstown, Ohio. He died on November 13th, 1868.

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    Ronald John Frederick Tod

    Ronald was born on November 3rd, 1905. He breathed his last breath on April 5th, 1975.

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    Sir Jonathan Tod

    His military service ended in 1997. Jonathan was born on March 26th, 1939.

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    Isabella Tod

    Isabella was born on May 18th, 1836 in Edinburgh. She passed away on December 8th, 1896.

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    Joanne Tod

    Joanne Tod is a painter, artist, lecturer, and painting. Joanne was born in 1953 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada.

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    Ethnicity Distribution

    Ethnicity Tod U.S.
    █  White 86.26% 64.26%
    █  African American 0.00% 11.96%
    █  Asian, Hawaiian, and Pacific Islander 3.44% 4.85%
    █  American Indian and Alaska Native 0.00% 0.69%
    █  Two or More Ethnicities 3.44% 1.76%
    █  Hispanic or Latino 3.05% 16.26%

    Of Last Name Tod

    People with the last name Tod are most frequently White

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    Fun Facts about the name Tod

  1. How Popular is the name Tod? Tod is the 3,018th most popular name of all time. As a last name Tod was the 73,911th most popular name in 2010.
  2. How many people with the first name Tod have been born in the United States? From 1880 to 2019, the Social Security Administration has recorded 7,699 babies born with the first name Tod in the United States. That's more than enough people named Tod to occupy the territory of Saint Pierre and Miquelon (France) with an estimated population of 6,000 (as of July 1, 2012).
  3. What year were 5 or more babies first named Tod? The name was first given to 5 or more babies in the year 1915 when it was given as a first name to 12 new born babies.
  4. When was Tod first recorded in the United States? The oldest recorded birth by the Social Security Administration for the first name Tod is Saturday, July 1st, 1876.
  5. What year had the most people named Tod born? The highest recorded use of the first name Tod was in 1962 with a total of 568 babies.
  6. Random Tod Factoid: According to the 1955 U.S. Social Security Administration data, the first name Tod is not a popular baby boy's name in Idaho. Imagine that, only 5 babies in Idaho have the same name in 1955.
  7. Weird things about the name Tod: The name spelled backwards is Dot. A random rearrangement of the letters in the name (anagram) will give Tdo. How do you pronounce that?
  8. How many people have the last name Tod? In 2010, the U.S. Census Bureau surveyed 262 people with the last name Tod.
  9. How likely are you to meet someone with the last name of Tod? Chances are, most people haven't met someone with Tod as their last name since less than 1 person in 1.1m people have that last name. If you know one, consider yourself lucky!
    10. Tod name meaning

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