Girl · Aramaic
Talitha
Say it: TAL-ih-thuh
Meaning
Aramaic ṭalyetha, 'little girl', from Jesus' words 'Talitha koum' in Mark 5:41.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Used as a given name by some 19th-century English-speaking Christians and more recently in Brazil as Talita.
Its wave through time
Most used in the 1900s
In the United States
- 3,275 babies given this name since 1892
- At its height in 1902, about 1 in 22,000 girls
- 68 babies in 2020
Through the ages
- The Biblical WorldAbout 1200 BC to AD 100
- Victorian and Belle Époque1837 to 1914
- The Modern Age1880 to today
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Talita
| Portuguese | Talita |
|---|---|
| German | Talitha |
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Where this comes from
- The Hebrew Bible and the New Testament
- National census records of the 19th and 20th centuries
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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