Entry № 10429 · Hebrew origin

Tehilla Tehilla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ teh-HEE-lah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Hebrew
Meaning
"Praise / Psalm"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Ancient (Hebrew)

A name that means "praise / psalm".

Tehilla is one of the Hebrew feminine names — central to traditional Jewish heritage. Hebrew feminine name reflecting biblical liturgical heritage.

Praise / Psalm (Hebrew).

The name in its native script.

תְּהִלָּה
Transliteration
Təhillāh
Pronunciation
/ tɛˈhiː.lə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tehilla stands.

Tehilla does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Tehillas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Tehillim / Book of Psalms
150 psalms + Hebrew Bible Ketuvim + ~73 attributed to King David + Hallel + Jewish daily prayer.
Tanakh

Names connected to Tehilla.

The number behind Tehilla.

4

The Builder

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tehilla reduce to 4, The Builder. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.