Given name & surname
Talmon
“one who is oppressed”
Talmon is used as a given name and a surname. One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is oppressed.”
Original Hebrewטלמן
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hebrew interpretation is “one who is oppressed.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hebrew.
How it developed
From the Hebrew verb talam (טלם), “to oppress or injure.”
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1918. 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 Talmon appears in Nehemiah 11:19, Nehemiah 11:25, 1 Chronicles 9:17 and 1 other passage.
- Nehemiah 11:19
- Nehemiah 11:25
- 1 Chronicles 9:17
- Numbers 13:22
From biblical name research
Talmon through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 17
- 17 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1918
- 7 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 1972. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1918. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 190 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Talmon’s family of names
Talmon has a related form in Talman. Talmon has a related form in Talmen. Talmon has a related form in Talmin.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Talmon
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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