Talilah
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 5 babies a year in the US.
Talilah by the numbers
Talilah was given to 5 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Talilah
Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Talilah. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Taliyahdew of god; a form of Talia293 in the US (2017)
- Taliahdew of god; a form of Talia30 in England and Wales (2025)
- Talulahleaping water14 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taliagod's dew; form of Thalia or Natalia260 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tallulahleaping water185 in England and Wales (2025)
- Taleahdew of God; a form of Talia89 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Talilah
Names that are said the same way as Talilah, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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