Meaning & origin
What it means
As a biblical name, Telah means “fracture.”
From biblical name research
Where it comes from
Telah is a biblical name from Aramaic.
From biblical name research
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. 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 Telah appears in 1 Chronicles 7:25.
From biblical name research
Telah through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 33
- 0 boys · 33 girls
- Most popular year
- 1984
- 8 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 8 in 1984.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Telah’s family of names
Telah may belong to the same name family as TELLAH. This is a tentative spelling connection.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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