Fox
Derived from the Middle English word 'todde', which was a colloquial term for a fox. It originally began as a surname used to describe a clever or cunning person, or someone with red hair, before transitioning into a given name.
Less common today
Tod isn't in the latest US Top 1000. It last peaked at #2,226 in 1990.
US births per 5-year period, 1990βpresent (SSA data).
Director of the 1931 film Dracula
The red fox protagonist Β· The Fox and the Hound
American stage and screen actor
South African jazz pianist and composer