The baby name Tol is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /toʊl/ (TOHL — common English),/tɒl/ (TOLL — British English),/tol/ (Turkish).
The baby name Tol is a Male name , 1 syllables long and is pronounced /toʊl/ (TOHL — common English),/tɒl/ (TOLL — British English),/tol/ (Turkish).
Tol is Dutch, English, Germanic, Turkish in Origin.
Tol is a compact given name with several roots across Europe. Most commonly, it is a clipped form of Anatol/Anatole/Anatoly, ultimately from Greek Anatolios, “of the east; sunrise.” In Slavic usage Anatoly has long been paired with pet forms like Tolya and Tolik, and Tol functions as a minimalist short form in modern contexts. As such, its implied meaning evokes dawn, the east, and new beginnings.
Tol also appears as a Dutch surname adopted as a given name, deriving from Middle Dutch tol - either “toll, tax” (an occupational byname) or “spinning top” (a nickname). In South Slavic areas, Tol can be an expressive truncation of Bartol (from Bartholomew), linking it to the Aramaic phrase bar-Talmai, “son of Talmai/son of the furrows.” Related variants and cognates include Anatol, Anatole, Anatoly/Anatoli, Anatolii; Bartol, Bartolo, Bartolomé, Bartolomeo; and diminutives Tolya, Tolik, and Toly.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| JP | 0 | #77 | 1 | 4,057 | |
| KZ | 0 | #94 | 1 | 1,452 | |
| EE | Boys | 0 | #125 | 1 | 2,087 |
| ID | Boys | 0 | #135 | 1 | 4,130 |
| BN | Boys | 0 | #139 | 1 | 6,332 |
| RU | 0 | #194 | 1 | 3,641 | |
| SI | Boys | 0 | #211 | 1 | 3,402 |
| BD | 0 | #240 | 2 | 5,992 | |
| AO | Boys | 0 | #249 | 1 | 5,568 |
| AF | Boys | 0 | #274 | 1 | 3,535 |
| KZ | Boys | 0 | #296 | 1 | 6,578 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #300 | 4 | 5,122 |
| KZ | Girls | 0 | #332 | 1 | 5,862 |
| GT | 0 | #336 | 3 | 5,948 | |
| PL | Boys | 0 | #340 | 1 | 6,459 |
| QA | Girls | 0 | #343 | 1 | 15,378 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| PT | Boys | 0 | #381 | 1 | 7,951 |
| YE | 0 | #398 | 1 | 8,639 | |
| PH | Boys | 0 | #401 | 8 | 11,440 |
| OM | Girls | 0 | #424 | 1 | 15,987 |
| PH | Girls | 0 | #429 | 1 | 13,098 |
| CL | 0 | #434 | 1 | 6,867 | |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #463 | 4 | 10,523 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #483 | 1 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| RU | Boys | 0 | #518 | 9 | 12,621 |
| RU | Girls | 0 | #523 | 1 | 11,913 |
| IQ | Girls | 0 | #525 | 1 | 11,303 |
| GT | Girls | 0 | #541 | 1 | 7,500 |
| PS | Girls | 0 | #547 | 1 | 10,981 |
| HK | Boys | 0 | #557 | 1 | 12,905 |
| KW | Girls | 0 | #561 | 1 | 19,177 |
| BH | 0 | #587 | 1 | 17,937 | |
| AE | Girls | 0 | #597 | 1 | 20,968 |
| IL | Boys | 0 | #624 | 2 | 10,983 |
| IL | Girls | 0 | #645 | 1 | 11,648 |
| HK | Girls | 0 | #648 | 3 | 16,104 |
| IQ | Boys | 0 | #695 | 3 | 13,071 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #700 | 1 | 13,390 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #738 | 6 | 18,093 |
| SG | Boys | 0 | #738 | 2 | 17,960 |
| SY | 0 | #765 | 3 | 11,684 | |
| BR | Boys | 0 | #784 | 2 | 12,213 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #803 | 4 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #825 | 2 | 15,093 |
| TN | 0 | #865 | 1 | 13,765 | |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #877 | 10 | 15,035 |
| CL | Girls | 0 | #914 | 2 | 14,098 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #925 | 11 | 25,931 |
| Germany | Boys | 0 | #942 | 11 | 5,697 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #981 | 1 | 15,656 |
| BR | Girls | 0 | #992 | 1 | 12,708 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #1,000 | 2 | 16,906 |
| EG | Girls | 0 | #1,002 | 8 | 14,742 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,027 | 7 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,037 | 3 | 16,750 |
| MY | Girls | 0 | #1,069 | 4 | 24,821 |
| AE | Boys | 0 | #1,138 | 6 | 22,615 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,163 | 16 | 25,619 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,166 | 11 | 20,130 | |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,175 | 8 | 25,439 |
| MA | 0 | #1,193 | 7 | 20,986 | |
| TR | 0 | #1,196 | 16 | 19,440 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,229 | 8 | 25,928 |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| IT | Boys | 0 | #1,462 | 10 | 10,046 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,581 | 34 | 28,008 |
Tol is popular in 46 countries — most recent births per country:
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