Talia (given name)
| Gender | Feminine |
|---|---|
| Language | Hebrew, Aramaic, Greek, Latin |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | "dew of God", "lamb", "to bloom" |
| Other names | |
| Alternative spelling | Taaliah, Tahlia, Tahliah, Tahlyah, Taiyla, Taliah, Talie, Taliea, Taliya, Talya, Tayleeah, Taylia |
| Variant form | Talita |
| Nicknames | Tali, Tally |
| Related names | Thalia, Avital |
Talia is a Modern Hebrew feminine given name, as well as a variant spelling of Thalia and a short form of Natalia.
Jews interpret it as a Hebrew combination of ṭal ('dew') and the theophoric suffix -yāh, meaning 'dew of God'. Yehotal, a theophoric prefix combined with -ṭal, is recorded as both a masculine and a feminine name in Elephantine papyri; Avital and Hamutal are feminine names in Biblical Hebrew, but their etymologies are unknown, with proposals for Hamutal ranging from "my father-in-law is protection" to "dew of Ḥammu". Talya (טַלְיָא or טַלְיָה) referred to a male youth in Aramaic.