Talea

given name · Latin script

Meaning: A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm

A female name· listed as female by the registers that count names by sex

(measured from records)Officially recorded in 18 countries · latest register: Þjóðskrá Íslands, 2026

Pronunciation:

Talea is a female given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in the United States than in any other country.

  • ISIceland1 in 175K(measured from records)
  • DEGermany≈1 in 180Kfew records
  • NLNetherlands1 in 274K

carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Countries with no figure are shown too: flat where a national register lists the name without counting it, hatched where only our records hold it. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.

United States (measured from records)

747 people, 2020

Record sources
157 (measured from records)

corpus datasets behind its best-documented spelling

strongest: highest-authority source

1 in 175K (inferred from the name graph)

Iceland

measured from records inferred from the name graph

Meaning & origin

(measured from records)

A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm.

Cited for this meaning 1

  • kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Where in the world

(measured from records)

Talea counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.

Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.

Where Talea is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
US United States7471 in 445K737Talea157
DE Germany≈460 est.≈1 in 182K1Talea55
GH Ghana≈69 est.≈1 in 498K—Talea1
NL Netherlands631 in 274K63Talea6
AU Australia≈55 est.≈1 in 493K1Talea44
IL Israel≈24 est.≈1 in 418K—Talea3
IS Iceland21 in 175K2——

747 people counted by Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex, 2020. Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.

Registers cited: Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; the de-leipzig-vornamen register; SA BDM — Popular baby names South Australia (1944–present); Meertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018); Þjóðskrá Íslands — Name frequencies (NafnTíðni, registry). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.

Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).

Other names spelled this way

(inferred from the name graph)

Talea is also recorded as 4 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Arabic given name2 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Syria, Israel, Saudi Arabia, United States

    Also written Ťâléâ

  • a separate name2 spellings in the group

    Also written Taléa

  • Romanian given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Romania, United States

    Also written Țalea, Țâlea

  • Thai surname45 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Thailand, India, Kyrgyzstan, Malaysia

    Also written ตาเละ, ตาเล๊ะ, เทิล, ทาเหล็ก, ตาแล

54 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses

(measured from records)

Talea is also recorded in 2 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

  • In Latin, A long or slender piece of wood or metal; rod, stick, stake, bar.

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

  • In Italian, cutting, scion

    as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name

(measured from records)
199020002010Talea Peters, b. 1997Talea Prepens, b. 2001Talea Müller, b. 2004

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them

(machine-generated)
InformalHi Talea,

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence

(measured from records)

28 registers and reference works attest this spelling, across 18 countries.

Official registers attesting Talea
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex2020737#15,409
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (all-time BRP bearer counts, 2018)—63#7,325
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200440—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200635—
NL NetherlandsMeertens NVB — Nederlandse Voornamenbank (live per-name BRP counts, 1790-2017)—33#14,865
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)199832—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200931—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200830—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200530—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200728—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)200228—
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)201027—

Reference works 3

  • Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
  • Wikipedia given-name tokens
  • Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)

These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Talea mean, and where does it come from?
A repeated rhythmic pattern used in isorhythm. Recorded by kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations).
Is Talea a male or female name?
Talea is a female name. National registers that list it by sex list it as female: United States (Census Bureau, 2020).
In which country does Talea have the most bearers?
In the United States, the national register counted about 747 people named Talea, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled talea.
Where is Talea most common?
Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Talea is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 175 thousand people — even though United States holds more of our records for it.
How common is the name Talea?
In the United States, the national register counted 747 people named Talea in 2020, about 1 in 445 thousand residents.

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About this data

measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated

These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.

Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.

Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.

Cite this page Mondonomo, “Talea”. Data snapshot 2026-10-13.

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