Tilly
Tilly is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
Confidence describes the weight of the source data, not a measured accuracy rate.
- Verdict
- Female
- Confidence
- Medium (source weight 8 to 63; not an accuracy rate)
- High source frequency in
- United States, Netherlands, Austria
- US records 1880–2017
- 0 male / 951 female
- Data
- nam_dict (GFDL) + US SSA
- Dataset built
- 2026-09-11
How to address Tilly
If you do not know Tilly’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Tilly,” in English, “Guten Tag Tilly,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Ready-made greetings in six languages
English
Dear Tilly,
German
Guten Tag Tilly,
French
Bonjour Tilly,
Spanish
Estimado/a Tilly:
Chinese
Tilly您好：
Japanese
Tilly様
English
Hi Tilly,
German
Hi Tilly,
French
Salut Tilly,
Spanish
Hola Tilly,
Chinese
Tilly你好：
Japanese
Tillyさん
This is a statistical estimate, not a statement about the gender, identity or correct form of address of any particular person.
Country breakdown
| Country | How common | Usually |
|---|---|---|
| United States | uncommon | woman's name |
| Netherlands | rare | woman's name |
| Austria | rare | woman's name |
| Belgium | rare | woman's name |
| Great Britain | rare | woman's name |
United States birth data
0 male · 951 female · 951 births recorded
Records from 1980–2017: 0% male.
Frequently asked questions
Is Tilly a male or female name?
Tilly is classified as a female given name in our dataset. A first name alone does not establish someone’s gender or preferred form of address.
How do I address Tilly in an email?
If you do not know Tilly’s preferred form of address, use a greeting without Mr or Ms: “Dear Tilly,” in English, “Guten Tag Tilly,” in German. Include their family name if you know it. The name’s classification describes its usage. Follow the form of address the person uses for themselves.
Is Tilly a unisex name?
Tilly is classified as generally female in the combined dataset. This does not rule out other uses. Our categories describe the sources, rather than a complete survey of everyone with this name.
Related names
Sources
Gender by country: nam_dict, the c't first-names dictionary by Joerg Michael, roughly 44,000 names across 55 countries, licensed GFDL. US frequencies: United States Social Security Administration baby-name data (1880–2017), public domain. Classifications are not measured accuracy rates. Method: how we classify names. Full dataset: data & licences. US source data (babynames). Dataset built 2026-09-11; this is not a new collection date for the source records.
DearWho, "Is Tilly a male or female name?", https://www.dearwho.app/name/tilly. Data: nam_dict (J. Michael, GFDL) and US SSA, built 2026-09-11.
BibTeX
@misc{dearwho_tilly,
title = {Is Tilly a male or female name?},
author = {{DearWho}},
year = {2026},
url = {https://www.dearwho.app/name/tilly},
note = {Data: nam_dict (GFDL), US SSA public domain}
}