Tilman
Where Tilman comes from
Tilman hasn't made it into the dictionaries we draw on, and nobody well known enough for an encyclopedia has carried it yet — so for now its story is the one the SSA record tells. Names that spell a familiar sound a new way often live here for a while before anyone writes them down.
Along the way
- 1460Tilman Riemenschneider bornGerman sculptor and woodcarver
- 1881Debut at its peak, #706#706 among boys with 7 babies — the first year it was published, and still its best.
- 1882The fadeThe first year with half the peak's births.
- 1957Tilman J. Fertitta bornAmerican businessman
In the dictionary
No dictionary entry for this spelling — which is its own kind of rare.
Namesakes
- Tilman Riemenschneider · German sculptor and woodcarver, 1460–1531
- Tilman J. Fertitta · American businessman, born 1957
- Tilman Nagel · German orientalist, born 1942
- Tilman Zülch · German human rights activist, 1939–2023
- Tilman Spengler · German writer, born 1947
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.