Tod — Family Name, Records and Arms

In census returns, Tod often stands in for Todd. The name is generally explained as “Fox”.

• About 262 people in the United States were recorded as Tod in 2010, placing it 73,911 on the national list.
• Tod drops the “d” of Todd, a simplification that clerks often made.
• Regional accents shaped spellings long before dictionaries fixed them.
• Related forms: Todde.

Tod coat of arms

A coat of arms belongs to a particular family line rather than to everyone named Tod, so the heraldry linked to Todd is a starting point, not an automatic right. Get the complete Tod report, with a museum-style coat of arms.