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Talon - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Talon
 
 

 


The boy name Talon [ 2 syll. ta-lon, tal-on ] is pronounced as TAELahN KEY. Talon is an English name of Old French origin. Talon has the meaning talon, claw. Derived literally from the element 'talon' meaning heel.

Talon is fairly popular as a baby name for boys. The name's popularity has been increasing since the 1980s; before that, it was of sporadic use only. At the modest height of its usage in 2006, 0.030% of baby boys were given the name Talon. Its ranking then was #428. In 2007, its usage was 0.029% and its ranking #437, and it was the most regularly used within all boy names in its group.

Baby names that sound like Talon include the name Tillman (German) and the name Tilman (German).

KEY: Pronunciation for Talon: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; N as in "knee (N.IY)"


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Meaning of Talon