Entry № 10444 · Greek origin

Telesilla Telesilla — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ teh-leh-SIL-lah /

Gender

Girl

Origin

Greek

Meaning

"Greek poet who defended Argos"

Syllables

First recorded

Ancient (Greek)

The meaning

A name that means "greek poet who defended argos".

Telesilla (Τελέσιλλα, 5th c. BCE) was the lyric poet of Argos who led the women of Argos in armed defense of the city against the Spartan king Cleomenes I (494 BCE) after most of the male warriors had been killed. The Argives commemorated her with a statue.

Greek poet who defended Argos — a Greek name.

In its original form

The name in its native script.

Τελέσιλλα

Transliteration: Telésilla
Pronunciation: / ˌtɛ.ləˈsɪl.ə /
Root: —
Grammatical form: —

Popularity

Where Telesilla stands.

Telesilla 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.

Namesakes

Telesillas before her.

Real people

Telesilla of Argos

Greek lyric poet and military leader.

5th c. BCE

In fiction

Telesilla

Featured in Plutarch's Mulierum virtutes.

1st-2nd c. CE

Names connected to Telesilla.

Numerology

The number behind Telesilla.

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Telesilla reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.