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Télesphore
Say it: tay-les-FOR
Meaning
From Greek Telesphoros, 'bringing to completion'.
Certainscholars agree on this meaning.
Taken from the 2nd-century Pope Telesphorus and common in 19th-century Quebec.
Its wave through time
Rare in the records
In the United States
- 5 babies given this name since 1917
- At its height in 1917, about 1 in 185,100 boys
- Fewer than 5 babies a year in 2020
Through the ages
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The family of the name
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Where this comes from
- Parish baptism registers
- Calendars of saints and name days
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
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