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Telma - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Telma

[ syll. tel-ma, te-lma ] The girl name Telma is pronounced TEHLMah KEY. Telma's origin is Spanish and English, and its use, Portuguese and Spanish. From Spanish and English roots, its meaning is 'Saint Elmo'. Telma is the feminine equivalent of the Portuguese and Spanish Telmo.

In addition, Telma is a Spanish form of the English, German, and Hawaiian Thelma.

Telma is not popular as a baby girl name. It is not in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Telma include the German Taline, the English, German, and Hawaiian Thelma, and the German Talina.

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Telma: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; EH as in "Ed (EH.D)" ; L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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