Todd (surname)

Last updated January 31, 2026

Todd is a surname meaning "fox" (from Old English todde). It is an English (mainly northern) and Scottish surname, but probably originated in Scotland for someone thought to resemble a fox in personality (in cunning or slyness) or perhaps more obviously in having red hair. This name was brought to Ulster, Ireland.^[1] It may refer to:

People

Ada Josephine Todd (1858–1904), American author and educator
Albert E. Todd, Canadian mayor
Albert M. Todd, US Representative from Michigan
Alexander Todd (rugby player), English and British Isles rugby union international
Alexander R. Todd, Baron Todd, Nobel laureate in chemistry
Alison Todd, Australian scientist
Alpheus Todd (1821–1884), English-born Canadian librarian and constitutional historian
Andrew Todd (New Zealand), New Zealand businessman.
Andy Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
Ann Todd (1907–1993), British actress
Armstrong Todd, MD (1826–1873), nineteenth century English surgeon
Barbara Euphan Todd, English writer
Beth Todd, American engineer
Beverly Todd, American actress
Bill Todd, NASA program manager and aquanaut
Bob Todd, British actor
Bob Todd (baseball), American college baseball coach
Brendon Todd, American professional golfer
Brent Todd, New Zealand rugby league footballer
Bryan Todd (disambiguation), several people
Caroline and Charles Todd, American mystery novelists
Charles Todd (astronomer), Australian astronomer
Charles Todd (industrialist), New Zealand businessman
Charles Burr Todd, American historian
Charles Lafayette Todd, American folklorist
Charles Hawkes Todd, MD (1784–1826), Irish physician and president of the Royal College of Surgeons
Chris Todd, English footballer
Christine Todd Whitman, American politician
Chuck Todd, American television host
Colin Todd, English football player and manager
David Todd (architect), American architect
David Peck Todd, American astronomer
Deborah Todd, American game designer, writer, and producer
Dolley Payne Todd, birthname of Dolley Madison, wife of President James Madison
Emmanuel Todd, French sociologist
Esther Cox Todd (1895–1971) American composer, music educator and organist
Frederick Todd, landscape architect
Garfield Todd, South Rhodesian politician
Geoff Todd, Australian artist
Hallie Todd, American actress
H. E. Todd (Herbert Eatton Todd, 1908–1988), English children's writer
Helen M. Todd (1870–1953), American suffragist and activist
Henry Todd (priest) (1763–1845), English clergyman
Henry Alfred Todd (1854–1925), American scholar
J. A. Todd (John Arthur Todd, 1908–1994), British mathematician
Jackson Todd, former Major League Baseball pitcher
James Todd (Canadian settler), Canadian settler in British Columbia
James Henthorn Todd (1805–1869), Irish scholar
Jane H. Todd (1890–1966), New York politician
Janet Todd, British writer and biographer
Jim Todd, American basketball coach
John Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
Joseph Todd, American football player
Josh Todd (musician), American singer
Kamari Todd, American football player
Kathleen Todd, pioneering New Zealand child psychiatrist.
Kathryn Doi Todd, first female Asian American judge in the United States
Keeley Todd, New Zealand cricketer
Kendra Todd, American reality TV winner
Ken Todd (born 1945), British businessman
Lance Todd, New Zealand-born British rugby league personality
Lani Todd, American model
Larry Todd (b. 1948), American illustrator and cartoonist
Laurence Todd (1882–1957), American press correspondent
Lemuel Todd, US Representative from Pennsylvania
Louise Todd Cope (1930–2020), née Louise Moore Todd, American artist
Malcolm Todd (archaeologist), British historian
Malcolm Todd (musician), American singer-songwriter, musician
Margaret Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
Mark Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
Mary Todd Lincoln, First Lady of the United States
Mia Doi Todd, American musician
Michael Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
Mort Todd, American humorist
Olga Taussky Todd, Austrian-American mathematician
Pat Canning Todd, American tennis player
Patricia Todd, American politician from Alabama
Paul H. Todd, Jr., US Representative from Michigan
Paula Todd, Canadian journalist
Peta Todd, a former English glamour girl
Peter Todd, Canadian academic administrator
Petra Todd, American economist
Robert Todd (disambiguation), multiple people
Richard Todd (1919–2009), British actor
Richard Todd (football player), American football player
Rick Todd, Canadian professional golfer
Roland Todd (1900–1969), English boxer of the 1910s, and 1920s
Ron Todd, British union leader
Ron Todd (footballer), Collingwood FC footballer.
Ruthven Todd, Scottish poet
Thelma Todd, American actress
Thomas Todd, American judge
Tony Todd (1954–2024), American actor
Tweedy John Todd (1789–1840), British biologist and physician
W. Russell Todd (1928–2023), United States Army officer
Walker Todd (ca. 1786–1840), New York politician
Walter Edmond Clyde Todd (1874–1969), American ornithologist
William Todd (disambiguation), multiple people

Fictional characters

Caitlin Todd, character on NCIS
Jason Todd, a character in DC Universe
Sweeney Todd, a character in 19th century popular literature
Ursula Todd, a character in Life After Life by Kate Atkinson
Warwick Todd, fictional cricketer created by Tom Gleisner

References

↑ Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (2022). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5.

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[:0-1] Hanks, Patrick; Lenarčič, Simon; McClure, Peter (2022). Dictionary of American Family Names. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-024511-5.

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