Tilly

See also: tilly

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Tilly (disambiguation)

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 Tilly (name) on Wikipedia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɪli/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɪli

Etymology 1

• (given name, nickname): Shortened from Matilda, +‎ -y.
• (surname): The surname may also have origins as a matronymic from Matilda.

Proper noun

Tilly (plural Tillys)

1. A diminutive of the female given name Matilda.
   • 1990, Barbara Vine, Gallowglass, Curley Pub, published 1991, →ISBN, page 24:

     Tilly's name is Matilda. It was typical of Mum and Dad that they wouldn't let her be called Tilly when she came to them because that was the unusual shortening of Matilda, the unconventional one, and you never did unconventional things, you never did things to draw attention to yourself. So they called her Matty.

2. A surname transferred from the given name

Etymology 2

From French Tilly. Habitational surname from places in France named Tilly, brought to England by the Normans.

Proper noun

Tilly (countable and uncountable, plural Tillys)

1. A number of places in France
2. A surname from Old French.

   Alternative forms: de Tilly, De Tilly, deTilly, DeTilly, Detilly

Etymology 3

Diminutive of utility

Noun

Tilly (plural Tillies)

1. Alternative letter-case form of tilly.
   • 2012, David Fiddimore, Tuesday's War, →ISBN:

     By the time he stooped to lift him up, we were all in the Tilly that Fiver had brought out to meet us.

French

French Wikipedia has an article on:

Tilly

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Etymology

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Proper noun

Tilly ?

1. Tilly: a surname from placenames

   Alternative forms: de Tilly, De Tilly

2. Tilly: a place in France

Descendants

• → English: Tilly