What's in a name?

When picking a name for our baby-to-be, we wanted to make sure the name had meaning.  Family names were very important to us, as well as to make sure we could call him by his real name (no "nick" name allowed!).

Tillman has been a middle name for males on Nick's Mom's side of the family since the Civil War (per his Grandma).  Nick really enjoyed his Grandfather (Donald Tillman), so it was only natural that we name our son, Tillman.  To make the name that much sweeter, our due date is his Grandfather's birthday! 
We're still doing some family research on the name, and would like to find out as much as possible about it.  In the mean time, I did a little Internet research on the name, here is what we found.

"The boy's name Tillman \t(i)-ll-man\ is of Old English origin, and its meaning is "one who plows the earth". Occupational name. In agriculture, tilling the soil meant turning and loosening it before it was planted.
Tillman has 2 variant forms: Tilghman and Tilman.
Tillman is an uncommon first name for men but a very common last name for both men and women (#792 out of 88799). (1990 U.S. Census) "

"Till \t(i)-ll\ is of German origin, and its meaning is "power of the tribe". Variant of Theodoric. The German legends about Till Eulenspiegel were the inspiration for a tone poem by Richard Strauss."

After doing this research, I know we've picked the right name for our son.  With Nick being an Agronomist
(aka soil dork ;-)), it just seemed so fitting!