Tellie
TEL-lee
Letters
6
Syllables
2
Origin
Germanic
Total Births
57
Peak Year
#9 in 1914
First Recorded
1900
Style
Cute & Playful, Soft & Gentle
Spelling
Easy to spell
What It Means
Tellie is a diminutive of names like Ottilie or other names starting with 'Tel-', though its precise etymology is often tied to those longer forms.
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