Given name & surname
Teale
“having greenish-blue eyes”
Teale 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
Teale 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
Teale 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 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teale through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 116
- 0 boys · 116 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 15 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 7 in 1997. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 15 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 200 as a first name in 2020; 494 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.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Teale
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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