Talia (given name)
Appearance
Gender | Feminine |
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Language(s) | Aramaic, Greek, Hebrew, Italian |
Origin | |
Meaning | "dew of God", "lamb", "to bloom"[citation needed] |
Other names | |
Alternative spelling | Tahlia, Tahliah, Taliah, Taaliah, Talya, Taliya, Taliea, Taylia, Taiyla, Tayleeah or Talie |
Variant form(s) | Talita[1] |
Nickname(s) | Tali, Tally |
Related names | Thalia |
Talia is a feminine given name. Alternative spellings include: Taliah, Taaliah, Talya, Tahlia, Tahliah, Taliya, Taiyla, Taliea, Taylia, or Talie.
Talia (Aramaic: טַלְיָא or טַלְיָה Ṭalyāʾ "Youth (f.)") is a feminine given name of Aramaic origin,[2][3] if it can be distinguished from Greek Thalia at all.[4] A folk etymology connects it to Hebrew טל+יה for "dew of God".[5][6]
People with the given name
[edit]Talia
[edit]- Talia Balsam, actress
- Talia Castellano, internet celebrity and honorary covergirl
- Talia Chiarelli, Canadian gymnast
- Tylan Grant, actor who formerly went by the name of Talia
- Talia Madison, the ring name of female wrestler Jamie Szantyr, more commonly known as Velvet Sky
- Tahlia McGrath, Australian cricketer
- Talia Shire, actress
- FKA Twigs, a musician whose real name is Tahliah Barnett
Fictional characters
[edit]- Queen Talia, in the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Talia, the name of the dormant princess in an early version of the Sleeping Beauty legend
- Talia al Ghul, from DC Comics
- Talia Gladys, in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Talia Parra, the titular character of the teen sitcom Talia in the Kitchen
- Talia Patapoutian, a Season 4 contestant in Fetch! with Ruff Ruffman
- Talia Sahid, on the American soap opera One Life to Live
- Talia Winters, on the television series Babylon 5
- Talia Wagner, daughter of Nightcrawler and The Scarlet Witch in an alternate universe of X-Men
- Lady Tahlia, in the children's book Curious George (book)
- Talia, a main character in LoliRock
- "Talia" (also known as Natalia), the fiancé of Mischa Bachinski from Ride the Cyclone
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "טליה". האקדמיה ללשון העברית (in Hebrew). 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ Jastrow, Marcus (1967). A dictionary of the Targumim, the Talmud Babli and Yerushalmi, and the Midrashic literature. P. Shalom Pub. OCLC 2001099.
- ^ Tal, Abraham (1931). מילון הארמית של השומרונים. ISBN 90-04-11645-1. OCLC 43434709.
- ^ "טליה". האקדמיה ללשון העברית (in Hebrew). 2021-06-07. Retrieved 2021-12-20.
- ^ "What Does the Name Talia Mean?". Chabad. Retrieved 13 June 2021.
- ^ "Hebrew and Biblical Names". Learn Religions. Retrieved 13 June 2021.