Meaning of the nameTalitha
- Female
- Aramaic origin
- Ta-li-tha
- Biblical name
Talitha is a spelling of the name Talita, which means “girl”.
Meaning
“girl”
Meaning of the name Talita, of which Talitha is a spelling.
Source: Behind the Name: Talitha
- People (2022)
- 2,193
- Rank in Brazil
- #4,813
- Median age
- 28 years
- 2010 Census
- 1,306
- people
Talitha in the 2022 Census
People with the first name Talitha, by the decade they were born. In the chart, 70 = the 1970s and 20+ = 2020 to 2022. The largest group was born in the 1990s (714 people).
2,186 women 0 men
Source: IBGE, 2022 Demographic Census, Nomes no Brasil. The census counts the first name of people alive in 2022; small counts are not published, and the first group covers everyone born before 1940. How to read these data.
Where the name Talitha is most common
States with the highest share of people named Talitha in the population, in the 2022 Census.
- São Paulo 0.002%
- Minas Gerais 0.001%
- Rio de Janeiro 0.001%
- Paraná 0.001%
All states
| State | People | % of population |
|---|---|---|
| São Paulo | 730 | 0.002% |
| Minas Gerais | 294 | 0.001% |
| Rio de Janeiro | 214 | 0.001% |
| Paraná | 126 | 0.001% |
| Goiás | 90 | 0.001% |
| Bahia | 75 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Sul | 74 | 0.001% |
| Pernambuco | 71 | 0.001% |
| Santa Catarina | 71 | 0.001% |
| Distrito Federal | 53 | 0.002% |
| Pará | 42 | 0.001% |
| Ceará | 41 | 0.001% |
| Espírito Santo | 41 | 0.001% |
| Amazonas | 39 | 0.001% |
| Paraíba | 36 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso | 36 | 0.001% |
| Maranhão | 33 | 0.001% |
| Rio Grande do Norte | 32 | 0.001% |
| Mato Grosso do Sul | 30 | 0.001% |
States with fewer than 15 people with the name are not shown: IBGE does not publish those counts.
The spelling Talitha
It has the TH at the end, like the spelling Behind the Name uses for the Aramaic name; it is the least recorded in the group.
About the name Talita
Behind the Name gives Talitha as a biblical name meaning 'girl' in Aramaic, taken from the phrase talitha cumi, in the passage Mark 5:41, and lists Thalita as the Brazilian form. The Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil records Talitha, Talyta, Thalita and Thalyta among the spelling variants of Talita. In the 2022 Census, IBGE recorded 125,849 people named Talita, almost always women, with a median age of 25; the name has the most records among women born in the 1990s and, proportionally, is most common in São Paulo.
Other spellings of Talita
Sources
- Behind the Name: Talitha · behindthename.com · meaning
- Dicionário de Nomes em Uso no Brasil: Talita · dicionariodenomesdobrasil.com.br · spelling
Questions about the name Talitha
What does the name Talitha mean?
Talitha means “girl”, according to Behind the Name. This is the meaning of the name Talita, of which Talitha is a spelling.
How many people are named Talitha in Brazil?
IBGE's 2022 Census recorded 2,193 people with the first name Talitha, which ranks it number 4,813 among the country's names. The largest group was born in the 1990s.
Is Talitha a boy's or a girl's name?
Talitha is a female name: in the 2022 Census, 2,186 women and 0 men had this name (IBGE does not publish very small counts).
What is the origin of the name Talitha?
Talitha is a name of Aramaic origin. The sources are listed at the end of the page.
In which Brazilian state is Talitha most common?
Proportionally, in São Paulo: 0.002% of the state's population is named Talitha (730 people), according to the 2022 Census.
What are the other spellings of Talitha?
Talita, Thalita, Thalyta and Talyta. IBGE counts each spelling separately.
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