Teela
Meaning of Teela
Teela, pronounced TEE-luh, is a modern feminine given name whose etymology invites several competing hypotheses: some onomasticians treat it as a phonological elaboration of the English colour-bird word “teal,” others link it to Irish Síle (Sheila) through late-nineteenth-century diminutive forms such as Téila, and a further line of inquiry attributes its dissemination to speculative fiction, most conspicuously Larry Niven’s 1970 novel Ringworld and the 1980s television franchise Masters of the Universe. Documented usage has remained modest, yet Michigan birth records register a brief surge—thirteen infants in 1984 (rank 169) and ten in 1985 (rank 174)—suggesting a pop-culture stimulus congruent with that period. Phonetically crisp and rhythmically balanced, Teela aligns with the late-twentieth-century preference for concise, two-syllable names, while its science-fiction and fantasy associations lend it a subtle undertone of adventurous modernity that differentiates it within the broader Anglo-American naming landscape.
Pronunciation
English
- Pronunced as TEE-luh (/tiːlə/)
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