Given name
Teala
“having greenish-blue eyes”
Teala is a variant of Teal. Interpretations include “resembling a bright-colored duck; a greenish-blue color” (American) and “having greenish-blue eyes” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Teala is a variant of Teal. Interpretations include “resembling a bright-colored duck; a greenish-blue color” (American) and “having greenish-blue eyes” (American). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Teala is a variant of Teal. An origin associated with Teal is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1946. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teala through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 523
- 0 boys · 523 girls
- Most popular year
- 1985
- 41 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 girls is 5 in 2018. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 41 in 1985. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 455 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.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Teala
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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