"Todd" meaning in English

See Todd in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Proper name

IPA: /tɑd/ [General-American], /tɒd/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Todd.wav Forms: Tod [alternative]
Rhymes: -ɒd Head templates: {{en-proper noun}} Todd
  1. An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”).
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-OrM2ePXz Categories (other): English surnames
  2. A male given name transferred from the surname.
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-Vj3AlNl- Categories (other): English given names, English male given names
  3. A river in the Northern Territory, Australia; named for early immigrant Alice Bell Todd (wife of astronomer Charles Todd). Categories (place): Places in Australia, Places in the Northern Territory, Australia, Rivers in Australia, Rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-LT1fJ5b9
  4. A place in the United States:
    A township in Hubbard County, Minnesota.
    Categories (place): Places in Minnesota, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-AJAv5x8I Categories (other): Townships, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 25 6 24 9 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 1 27 6 24 9 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 1 27 6 25 9 27
  5. A place in the United States:
    A ghost town in Morgan County, Missouri; named for postmaster Jonathan Todd.
    Categories (place): Ghost towns in Missouri, USA, Ghost towns in the United States, Places in Missouri, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-ZV8v96JX
  6. A place in the United States:
    An unincorporated community in Watauga County and Ashe County, North Carolina; named for American Civil War veteran Joseph Warren Todd.
    Categories (place): Places in North Carolina, USA, Places in the United States, Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-ITfImR4x Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 25 6 24 9 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 1 27 6 24 9 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 1 27 6 25 9 27
  7. A place in the United States:
    A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania.
    Categories (place): Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-sCTkp-Vy Categories (other): Townships
  8. A place in the United States:
    A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania.
    Categories (place): Places in Pennsylvania, USA, Places in the United States
    Sense id: en-Todd-en-name-QKb08iOx Categories (other): Townships, English entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 7 2 2 25 6 24 9 25 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 4 3 1 27 6 24 9 27 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 3 2 1 27 6 25 9 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: todd, Todd-AO, Todd County, Todd's syndrome Related terms: tod

Alternative forms

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "5 4 31 3 28 25 3 3",
      "word": "todd"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 4 31 3 28 25 3 3",
      "word": "Todd-AO"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 4 31 3 28 25 3 3",
      "word": "Todd County"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "5 4 31 3 28 25 3 3",
      "word": "Todd's syndrome"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tod",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Todd",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "5 4 31 3 28 25 3 3",
      "word": "tod"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English surnames",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-OrM2ePXz",
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "tod",
          "tod#Middle_English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English male given names",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2019 October 24, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, Fallout 4 But I Randomized EVERYTHING:",
          "text": "Do I want this t-shirt with Todd H- of course I do!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name transferred from the surname."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-Vj3AlNl-",
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Australia",
          "orig": "en:Places in Australia",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the Northern Territory, Australia",
          "orig": "en:Places in the Northern Territory, Australia",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rivers in Australia",
          "orig": "en:Rivers in Australia",
          "parents": [
            "Rivers",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia",
          "orig": "en:Rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia",
          "parents": [
            "Rivers",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A river in the Northern Territory, Australia; named for early immigrant Alice Bell Todd (wife of astronomer Charles Todd)."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-LT1fJ5b9",
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Territory",
          "Northern Territory#English"
        ],
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Minnesota, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Minnesota, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Townships",
          "orig": "en:Townships",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 2 2 25 6 24 9 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 1 27 6 24 9 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 1 27 6 25 9 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A township in Hubbard County, Minnesota."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-AJAv5x8I",
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ],
        [
          "Hubbard County",
          "Hubbard County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Minnesota",
          "Minnesota#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ghost towns in Missouri, USA",
          "orig": "en:Ghost towns in Missouri, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Ghost towns",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Ghost towns in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Ghost towns in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Ghost towns",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Missouri, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Missouri, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A ghost town in Morgan County, Missouri; named for postmaster Jonathan Todd."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-ZV8v96JX",
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "ghost town",
          "ghost town"
        ],
        [
          "Morgan County",
          "Morgan County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Missouri",
          "Missouri#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in North Carolina, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in North Carolina, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA",
          "orig": "en:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Unincorporated communities",
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 2 2 25 6 24 9 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 1 27 6 24 9 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 1 27 6 25 9 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "An unincorporated community in Watauga County and Ashe County, North Carolina; named for American Civil War veteran Joseph Warren Todd."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-ITfImR4x",
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "unincorporated community",
          "unincorporated community"
        ],
        [
          "Watauga County",
          "Watauga County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Ashe County",
          "Ashe County#English"
        ],
        [
          "North Carolina",
          "North Carolina#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Townships",
          "orig": "en:Townships",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-sCTkp-Vy",
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ],
        [
          "Fulton County",
          "Fulton County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Pennsylvania",
          "Pennsylvania#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
          "orig": "en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "place",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Places in the United States",
          "orig": "en:Places in the United States",
          "parents": [
            "Places"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "langcode": "en",
          "name": "Townships",
          "orig": "en:Townships",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "7 2 2 25 6 24 9 25",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "4 3 1 27 6 24 9 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "3 2 1 27 6 25 9 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania."
      ],
      "id": "en-Todd-en-name-QKb08iOx",
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ],
        [
          "Huntingdon County",
          "Huntingdon County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Pennsylvania",
          "Pennsylvania#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɒd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Todd.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Todd"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English proper nouns",
    "English terms with homophones",
    "English uncountable nouns",
    "Pages with 1 entry",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒd",
    "Rhymes:English/ɒd/1 syllable"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "todd"
    },
    {
      "word": "Todd-AO"
    },
    {
      "word": "Todd County"
    },
    {
      "word": "Todd's syndrome"
    }
  ],
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "Tod",
      "tags": [
        "alternative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "Todd",
      "name": "en-proper noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "name",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "tod"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "English surnames",
        "English surnames from nicknames",
        "English terms derived from Middle English"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "An English and Scottish surname transferred from the nickname from Middle English tod (“fox”)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "surname",
          "surname"
        ],
        [
          "tod",
          "tod#Middle_English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English given names",
        "English male given names",
        "English male given names from surnames",
        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "bold_text_offsets": [
            [
              28,
              32
            ]
          ],
          "ref": "2019 October 24, ISP, quoting iSorrowproductions, Fallout 4 But I Randomized EVERYTHING:",
          "text": "Do I want this t-shirt with Todd H- of course I do!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A male given name transferred from the surname."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "given name",
          "given name"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Australia",
        "en:Places in the Northern Territory, Australia",
        "en:Rivers in Australia",
        "en:Rivers in the Northern Territory, Australia"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A river in the Northern Territory, Australia; named for early immigrant Alice Bell Todd (wife of astronomer Charles Todd)."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "river",
          "river"
        ],
        [
          "Northern Territory",
          "Northern Territory#English"
        ],
        [
          "Australia",
          "Australia#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Minnesota, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Townships"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A township in Hubbard County, Minnesota."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ],
        [
          "Hubbard County",
          "Hubbard County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Minnesota",
          "Minnesota#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Ghost towns in Missouri, USA",
        "en:Ghost towns in the United States",
        "en:Places in Missouri, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A ghost town in Morgan County, Missouri; named for postmaster Jonathan Todd."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "ghost town",
          "ghost town"
        ],
        [
          "Morgan County",
          "Morgan County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Missouri",
          "Missouri#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in North Carolina, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Unincorporated communities in North Carolina, USA"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "An unincorporated community in Watauga County and Ashe County, North Carolina; named for American Civil War veteran Joseph Warren Todd."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "unincorporated community",
          "unincorporated community"
        ],
        [
          "Watauga County",
          "Watauga County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Ashe County",
          "Ashe County#English"
        ],
        [
          "North Carolina",
          "North Carolina#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Townships"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A township in Fulton County, Pennsylvania."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ],
        [
          "Fulton County",
          "Fulton County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Pennsylvania",
          "Pennsylvania#English"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Places in Pennsylvania, USA",
        "en:Places in the United States",
        "en:Townships"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A place in the United States:",
        "A township in Huntingdon County, Pennsylvania."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "United States",
          "United States#English"
        ],
        [
          "township",
          "township"
        ],
        [
          "Huntingdon County",
          "Huntingdon County#English"
        ],
        [
          "Pennsylvania",
          "Pennsylvania#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tɑd/",
      "tags": [
        "General-American"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/tɒd/",
      "tags": [
        "Received-Pronunciation"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-Todd.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/6/63/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav/LL-Q1860_%28eng%29-Vealhurl-Todd.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɒd"
    },
    {
      "homophone": "tod"
    }
  ],
  "word": "Todd"
}

Download raw JSONL data for Todd meaning in English (4.3kB)


This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2026-01-16 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2026-01-01 using wiktextract (d1270d2 and 9905b1f). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.