Tilly (name)

Tilly is a feminine given name or nickname, and a surname. As a female given name or nickname, is generally a variant/diminutive for the Germanic name Matilda.

This name may refer to:

Persons

Given name or nickname

• Tilly Armstrong (1927–2010), British romance novelist
• Tilly Aston (1873–1947), blind Australian writer and teacher, promoter of the rights of the vision-impaired
• Tilly Bagshawe (born 1973), British writer
• Tilly Bébé (1879–1932), Austrian circus performer
• Tilly Decker (born 1930), Luxembourgish sprinter
• Tilly Devine (born 1900), English-born Australian organised crime boss
• Tilly Edinger (1897–1967), German-American paleontologist and the founder of paleoneurology
• Tilly Greene, American romantic fiction author
• Tilly Hirst (1941–2021), New Zealand netball player
• Tilly Keeper (born 1997), British actress
• Tilly Key (born 1984), R&B/pop singer from the island of Corsica
• Tilly Losch (1903–1975), Austrian dancer, choreographer, actress, and painter
• Tilly O'Neill-Gordon (born 1949), Canadian politician
• Tilly Smith (born 1994), credited with saving about 100 beachgoers by recognising the signs of an approaching tsunami
• Tilly Spiegel (1906–1988), Austrian political activist
• Tilly van der Zwaard (1938–2019), Dutch middle distance runner
• Tilly Walnes (born 1980), English fashion designer, author and educator

Surname

Tilly

• Charles Tilly (1929–2008), American sociologist
• Friedrich Georg Tilly, mayor of Warsaw from 1799 to 1806
• Jacques Tilly (born 1963), German sculptor and illustrator
• Jennifer Tilly (born 1958), American actress and poker player, sister of Meg Tilly
• Louise A. Tilly (1930–2018), American historian
• Meg Tilly (born 1960), American actress and author, sister of Jennifer Tilly

de Tilly

• Alberto Octavio Tserclaes de Tilly (1646–1715), Spanish general in the War of the Spanish Succession
• Carolus de Tilly (1642–1698), Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Monopoli and Bishop of Acerra
• Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly (1749–1822), French general in the Napoleonic Wars

Characters

Given named or nicknamed

• Tilly Evans, on the British soap opera Hollyoaks
• Tilly Green, a main character from the TV series Big City Greens
• Tilly Hill, mother of Hank Hill in the animated sitcom King of the Hill
• Tilly Jackson, a Red Dead Redemption 2 character
• Tilly Wellwyn, title character of the play Tilly of Bloomsbury and its film adaptations

• Tilly, a French-speaking puppet from the British children's TV series Tots TV
• Tilly, in the James Bond film Goldfinger
• Tilly, the main character in Raymond Briggs' book and TV film The Bear

Surnamed

• Sylvia Tilly, in Star Trek: Discovery

Other figures

• Tilly Norwood (introduced 2025), an AI-generated artificial person used as a virtual actress, and having social media accounts
• Tilikum (orca), sometimes referred to as Tilly, an orca at Sea World Orlando

See also

• Tilly (disambiguation)
• Tillie (name)