Telmo - Meaning of Telmo

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Telmo

[ syll. tel-mo, te-lmo ] The baby boy name Telmo is pronounced as TEHLMow †. Telmo is largely used in the Portuguese and Spanish languages, and its origin is Spanish. The name is derived from the erroneous attempt to split the Spanish Santelmo, which means 'Saint Elmo'. The first name has been bestowed in tribute to the 13th century Spanish priest Pedro González Telmo (1190-1246). The name Telma (Portuguese, Spanish, Finnish, and Scandinavian) is the female equivalent of Telmo.

See also the related categories, portuguese, tribute (honor), priest (theologian), and spanish.

Telmo is an unusual baby name for boys. It is not listed in the top 1000 names.

Baby names that sound like Telmo include Taelyn, Talan, Talin, Talleen, Tallein, Tallene, Talleyn, Tallien, Tallin, Talline, Talman, Talmaye, Talmen, Talmi, Talmie, Talmin, Talon, Talyn, Tellem, and Tellin.

† approx English pronunciation for Telmo: T as in "tee (T.IY)" ; EH as in "ebb (EH.B)" ; L as in "lay (L.EY)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; OW as in "oak (OW.K)"