At a Glance: Name: Tilia – Meaning: wealth, riches – Origin: Norwegian (short form of Otilia, ultimately Old High German/Proto-Germanic) – Gender: Girl – Pronunciation: TEE-lee-uh
Tilia is a Norwegian (short form of Otilia, ultimately Old High German/Proto-Germanic) girl's name meaning “wealth, riches”. It appears in our list of 175+ German Baby Girl Names That Are Quietly Making a Comeback.
Meaning & Origin of Tilia
Meaning: Wealth, riches.
Origin: Norwegian (short form of Otilia, ultimately Old High German/Proto-Germanic).
A common claim: Tilia means 'linden tree'. Actually: As a given name, Wiktionary traces Tilia to Otilia/Odila, meaning 'wealth, riches' — not the tree. The 'linden tree' claim likely comes from confusion with the identically spelled but unrelated Latin tree word.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Tilia
Phonetic: TEE-lee-uh IPA: /ˈtiː.li.ə/
Popularity of Tilia
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1989–2023.
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