# Tilly (name)

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**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](/source/Matilda_(name)).

This name may refer to:

## Persons

### Given name or nickname

- [Tilly Armstrong](/source/Tilly_Armstrong) (1927–2010), British romance novelist
- [Tilly Aston](/source/Tilly_Aston) (1873–1947), blind Australian writer and teacher, promoter of the rights of the vision-impaired
- [Tilly Bagshawe](/source/Tilly_Bagshawe) (born 1973), British writer
- [Tilly Bébé](/source/Tilly_B%C3%A9b%C3%A9) (1879–1932), Austrian circus performer
- [Tilly Decker](/source/Tilly_Decker) (born 1930), Luxembourgish sprinter
- [Tilly Devine](/source/Tilly_Devine) (born 1900), English-born Australian organised crime boss
- [Tilly Edinger](/source/Tilly_Edinger) (1897–1967), German-American paleontologist and the founder of paleoneurology
- [Tilly Greene](/source/Tilly_Greene), American romantic fiction author
- [Tilly Hirst](/source/Tilly_Hirst) (1941–2021), New Zealand netball player
- [Tilly Keeper](/source/Tilly_Keeper) (born 1997), British actress
- [Tilly Key](/source/Tilly_Key) (born 1984), R&B/pop singer from the island of Corsica
- [Tilly Losch](/source/Tilly_Losch) (1903–1975), Austrian dancer, choreographer, actress, and painter
- [Tilly O'Neill-Gordon](/source/Tilly_O'Neill-Gordon) (born 1949), Canadian politician
- [Tilly Smith](/source/Tilly_Smith) (born 1994), credited with saving about 100 beachgoers by recognising the signs of an approaching tsunami
- [Tilly Spiegel](/source/Tilly_Spiegel) (1906–1988), Austrian political activist
- [Tilly van der Zwaard](/source/Tilly_van_der_Zwaard) (1938–2019), Dutch middle distance runner
- [Tilly Walnes](/source/Tilly_Walnes) (born 1980), English fashion designer, author and educator

### Surname

**Tilly**

- [Charles Tilly](/source/Charles_Tilly) (1929–2008), American sociologist
- [Friedrich Georg Tilly](/source/Friedrich_Georg_Tilly), mayor of Warsaw from 1799 to 1806
- [Jacques Tilly](/source/Jacques_Tilly) (born 1963), German sculptor and illustrator
- [Jennifer Tilly](/source/Jennifer_Tilly) (born 1958), American actress and poker player, sister of Meg Tilly
- [Louise A. Tilly](/source/Louise_A._Tilly) (1930–2018), American historian
- [Meg Tilly](/source/Meg_Tilly) (born 1960), American actress and author, sister of Jennifer Tilly

**de Tilly**

- [Alberto Octavio Tserclaes de Tilly](/source/Alberto_Octavio_Tserclaes_de_Tilly) (1646–1715), Spanish general in the War of the Spanish Succession
- [Carolus de Tilly](/source/Carolus_de_Tilly) (1642–1698), Roman Catholic prelate, Bishop of Monopoli and Bishop of Acerra
- [Jacques Louis François Delaistre de Tilly](/source/Jacques_Louis_Fran%C3%A7ois_Delaistre_de_Tilly) (1749–1822), French general in the Napoleonic Wars

## Characters

### Given named or nicknamed

- [Tilly Evans](/source/Tilly_Evans), on the British soap opera *Hollyoaks*
- Tilly Green, a main character from the TV series *[Big City Greens](/source/Big_City_Greens)*
- [Tilly Hill](/source/Tilly_Hill), mother of Hank Hill in the animated sitcom *King of the Hill*
- Tilly Jackson, a [*Red Dead Redemption 2* character](/source/List_of_Red_Dead_Redemption_2_characters#Tilly_Jackson)
- Tilly Wellwyn, title character of the play *[Tilly of Bloomsbury](/source/Tilly_of_Bloomsbury_(play))* and its film adaptations

- Tilly, a French-speaking puppet from the British children's TV series *[Tots TV](/source/Tots_TV)*
- Tilly, in the James Bond film *[Goldfinger](/source/Goldfinger_(film))*
- Tilly, the main character in Raymond Briggs' book and TV film *[The Bear](/source/The_Bear_(1998_film))*

### Surnamed

- [Sylvia Tilly](/source/Sylvia_Tilly), in *Star Trek: Discovery*

## Other figures

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

## See also

- [Tilly (disambiguation)](/source/Tilly_(disambiguation))
- [Tillie (name)](/source/Tillie_(name))

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