Given name
Teela
“having greenish-blue eyes”
Teela 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
Teela 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
Teela 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 1948. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teela through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 841
- 0 boys · 841 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 175 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 8 in 2022. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 175 in 1984. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 750 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.
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
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