Given name · also Aramaic
Talitha
“a maiden; young girl”
Talitha is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “a maiden; young girl.”
Original GreekΤαλιθα
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “a maiden; young girl.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Aramaic.
How it developed
From Aramaic טליתא (ṭalyəṯāʾ, “female child, girl, maiden”).
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1892. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
In the Bible
In the Bible, the name Talitha appears in Mark 5:41.
From biblical name research
Talitha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 3,521
- 0 boys · 3,521 girls
- Most popular year
- 1982
- 90 babies
- 2025
- 42
- #3,638 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −16%
- Easing
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 42 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 3,638 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 16.1% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 90 in 1982. In 2025, California had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (9). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,629 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Talitha’s family of names
Talitha has a related form in Talita. Talitha has a related form in Taletha. Talitha has a related form in Talithia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 13
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Talitavariant
- Talethiavariant
- Talithiavariant
- Talethavariant
- Tallithalikely variant
- Taleathavariant
- Talythevariant
- Talethevariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
See also 2
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Talitha
- Talitha BatemanAmerican actressborn 2001
- Talitha DiggsAmerican athleteborn 2002
- Talitha GettyDutch actress (1940-1971)
- Talitha WashingtonAmerican mathematicianborn 1974
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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