Talia (given name)
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Talia is a feminine given name of Hebrew origin meaning dew from God. Alternative spellings include Tahlia or Taylia. Talia is a combination of two separate words which, when combined, translate to dew of God. The word talia can be found in the Mishnah (Keilim 24:17), although its use as a name is modern.
It is also attributed to the word meaning female "lamb" in Hebrew, as define by the "Even-Shoshan" dictionary. The Hebrew word for male lamb – "taLEH" (טלה) with the addition of the female suffix describing female animals "ya" (יה), as mentioned in the Mishnah (Minchot, 23;7).
The Hebrew name Talia bears phonological similarities to names found in other languages. The Assyrian community heavily used the name "T(h)alia," which, in Neo-Aramaic, means "boy."[2] The Greek name Thalia (or Thalía or Thaleia (/θəˈlaɪ.ə/; Greek: Θάλεια from θάλλειν "to bloom") dates back to antiquity and is relatively popular in a number of countries. However, pronunciation varies and in some cases the θ/t distinction of the original Greek is lost (e.g. Spanish pronunciation: [taˈli.a]). A similar-sounding name is also in use in Polynesian cultures.
List of people with the given name Talia
- Talia Balsam, actress
- Talia Madison, the ring name of female wrestler Jamie Szantyr, more commonly known as Velvet Sky
- Talia Shire, actress
- Talia Castellano, internet celebrity and honorary covergirl
Fictional characters
- Queen Talia, a character from the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
- Talia, the Queen's Own Herald from the fantasy book Arrows of the Queen
- Talia, the name of the dormant princess in an early version of the Sleeping Beauty legend
- Talia al Ghul, a supporting character from the Batman comic series and The Dark Knight Rises (2012) film.
- Talia Gladys, a fictional character in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
- Talia Sahid, a character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live
- Talia Winters, a character from Babylon 5
- Talia Wagner, daughter of Nightcrawler and The Scarlet Witch in an alternate universe of X-Men
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