Given name
Telesfor
“brought to completion”
Telesfor is a given name from Latin. It is used in Polish.
Original LatinTelesphorus
Meaning & origin
What it means
Telesfor goes back to Latin Telesphorus, meaning “brought to completion.”
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Where it comes from
Telesfor comes from Latin, and ultimately from Ancient Greek.
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How it developed
From Latin Telesphorus, from Ancient Greek Τελεσφόρος.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1920. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Telesfor through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 28
- 28 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1921
- 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 1934. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for boys was 7 in 1921.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Telesfor’s family of names
In Polish usage, Telesfor has a conventional equivalent in the Spanish form Telesforo. In Polish usage, Telesfor has a conventional equivalent in the English form TELESPHORUS. In Polish usage, Telesfor has a conventional equivalent in the Portuguese form Telésforo.
The ring: across languages.
Around the world
Telesfor has relatives in 7 languages. Lines run from its Latin roots to each of them.
Latinwhere Telesfor comes from · 1 name
Across languages 6
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Telesfor
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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