Tod

Where Tod comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Tod.

Tod through the years
  1. 1880
    Tod Browning born
    American film actor and director
  2. 1914
    Tod Andrews born
    American actor
  3. 1915
    First appearance
    #2,184 among boys with 12 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  4. 1962
    Peak, #331
    568 babies named Tod, the most in any year.
  5. 1966
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #456.
In the dictionary

Wiktionary has no entry for this spelling.

Namesakes
  • Tod Browning · American film actor and director, 1880–1962
  • Tod Andrews · American actor, 1914–1972
  • Tod D. Wolters · American Air Force general, born 1960
  • Tod Brown · Bishop of Orange in California, 1936–2023
  • Tod Robinson Caldwell · American politician, 1818–1874

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.