Anonymous
07/04/2025 21:39
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Op here. It’s pronounced tal-yuh
Ugh. That’s the ugly way to say it. I much prefer Tah—Lee—Ah This is more intuitive.
Anonymous
07/04/2025 21:36
Subject: Talia—like it?
I'm biased because my youngest is named Talia. We say
TALL yuh, but my mom says Tal e uh. And both are okay! I am not Jewish, but my husband is. However, the first time I heard the name was when I was in a mommy and me playgroup with mostly Ethiopian moms. A sweet, kind, and just lovely mom named her daughter Talia and I could not get the name out of of my head! I have no idea if she was Jewish, but the few Talia's I've come across since have not been. So who knows?
TALL yuh, but my mom says Tal e uh. And both are okay! I am not Jewish, but my husband is. However, the first time I heard the name was when I was in a mommy and me playgroup with mostly Ethiopian moms. A sweet, kind, and just lovely mom named her daughter Talia and I could not get the name out of of my head! I have no idea if she was Jewish, but the few Talia's I've come across since have not been. So who knows?
Anonymous
07/03/2025 20:10
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.
Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews. Same with Irish names for non-Irish.
Right, but this isn't a Jewish/Hebrew name that is common among non-Jews. It's not the same as naming your kid Sarah or Rachel (or Maeve or Fiona). If OP isn't Jewish, it's like naming your kid Saoirse and you're not Irish.
Natalia is a super common name outside the Jewish community in Europe, and Talia is a common diminutive.
Anonymous
07/03/2025 13:56
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:All the people I've met with the name Talia were conservative or orthodox Jews. It's not a nickname for Natalia, neither is it a Greek name.
This comment is hilarious
Fool
Anonymous
06/27/2025 11:05
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Daughter's name is Tahlia, we call her Tali for short. We are not jewish, just had a friend in college with that name and really liked it.
Do you pronounce it Tolly like jolly or TAL-ee like Cal ee?
Anonymous
06/26/2025 18:49
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.
Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews. Same with Irish names for non-Irish.
Right, but this isn't a Jewish/Hebrew name that is common among non-Jews. It's not the same as naming your kid Sarah or Rachel (or Maeve or Fiona). If OP isn't Jewish, it's like naming your kid Saoirse and you're not Irish.
It goes both ways. Malia and Leilani have been given to non-Hawaiians for years and nobody assumes they are native.
I would. Those names read very, very Hawaiian to me. Of course there are plenty of non-Hawaiians who use them, but if I heard those names, my first thought would, in fact, be "Hawaiian."
Just like if I heard Siobhan, I would think "Irish." Not that all Siobhans *have* to be Irish, of course, or that there aren't any non-Irish Siobhans, but it is a name that is of Irish origin (the Gaelic form of Joan) and proportionally, much more common among the Irish/those with Irish ancestry. Thus, the assumption.
I've only ever met Jewish Talias, so I would assume Jewish if I heard/saw that name. *shrug*
If course but that is not the case with most Americans.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 18:29
Subject: Talia—like it?
Daughter's name is Tahlia, we call her Tali for short. We are not jewish, just had a friend in college with that name and really liked it.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:44
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.
Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews. Same with Irish names for non-Irish.
Right, but this isn't a Jewish/Hebrew name that is common among non-Jews. It's not the same as naming your kid Sarah or Rachel (or Maeve or Fiona). If OP isn't Jewish, it's like naming your kid Saoirse and you're not Irish.
It goes both ways. Malia and Leilani have been given to non-Hawaiians for years and nobody assumes they are native.
I would. Those names read very, very Hawaiian to me. Of course there are plenty of non-Hawaiians who use them, but if I heard those names, my first thought would, in fact, be "Hawaiian."
Just like if I heard Siobhan, I would think "Irish." Not that all Siobhans *have* to be Irish, of course, or that there aren't any non-Irish Siobhans, but it is a name that is of Irish origin (the Gaelic form of Joan) and proportionally, much more common among the Irish/those with Irish ancestry. Thus, the assumption.
I've only ever met Jewish Talias, so I would assume Jewish if I heard/saw that name. *shrug*
Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:09
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:I know a now adult Talia. I like it. She went by Tal as she got older. Jewish
I know two Jewish Talias. pretty name. One of them goes by Tally.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:07
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:What do you think of the name Talia? Any associations?
Makes me think of water sometimes due to the name's origin.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:05
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.
Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews. Same with Irish names for non-Irish.
Right, but this isn't a Jewish/Hebrew name that is common among non-Jews. It's not the same as naming your kid Sarah or Rachel (or Maeve or Fiona). If OP isn't Jewish, it's like naming your kid Saoirse and you're not Irish.
It became famous because of Talia Shire (Rocky and The Godfather), who is identified as Italian not Jewish. That happens all the time because people hear a famous name and like it.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 16:00
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.
Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews. Same with Irish names for non-Irish.
Right, but this isn't a Jewish/Hebrew name that is common among non-Jews. It's not the same as naming your kid Sarah or Rachel (or Maeve or Fiona). If OP isn't Jewish, it's like naming your kid Saoirse and you're not Irish.
It goes both ways. Malia and Leilani have been given to non-Hawaiians for years and nobody assumes they are native.
Anonymous
06/26/2025 15:56
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.
Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews. Same with Irish names for non-Irish.
Right, but this isn't a Jewish/Hebrew name that is common among non-Jews. It's not the same as naming your kid Sarah or Rachel (or Maeve or Fiona). If OP isn't Jewish, it's like naming your kid Saoirse and you're not Irish.
Anonymous
06/25/2025 05:32
Subject: Re:Talia—like it?
I know so many Talia’s in all age ranges (and spelling variations: Talya in addition to Talia), all Jewish, but that is my demographic. I know one Natalie that goes by Tali. It’s such a pretty name.
Anonymous
06/18/2025 14:42
Subject: Talia—like it?
Anonymous wrote:I am Jewish and know more than one Talia so the name is totally fine to me but I would assume your family is Jewish. Naming a non Jewish kid that is to me like naming a non-Irish kid Siobhan - you can do that but it’s a little odd.
Lots of Jewish/Hebrew name are common among non-Jews. Same with Irish names for non-Irish.