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Telmo

Telmo is a masculine given name. It is used in Portuguese.

Original ItalianErasmo

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Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Telmo possibly comes from Italian.

Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)

How it developed

Possibly from Italian Sant'Elmo.

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The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 2021. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Telmo through the years

Babies since 1880
5
5 boys · 0 girls
Most popular year
2021
5 babies
2025
0
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2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
01232025Highest share 20210.0
Telmo in U.S. Social Security birth records, 2021–2025, per million boys born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for boys is 5 in 2021. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 366 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.

Telmo’s family of names

In English usage, Telmo has a feminine form in Thelma. In Spanish usage, Telmo has a conventional equivalent in the Italian form Erasmo. In Portuguese usage, Telmo has a conventional equivalent in the English form Elmo.

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TelmoThelmaErasmoElmÉrasme

The ring: across languages.

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Around the world

Telmo has relatives in 5 languages. Lines run from its Italian roots to each of them.

EnglishItalian

Italianwhere Telmo comes from · 2 names

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Across languages 6

Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.

People named Telmo

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