Teala as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Teala

What is the meaning of the name Teala ?

The baby name Teala is a girl name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TEE-lah.

Teala is English in Origin.

Teala is a modern English feminine formation built on teal, with final -a matching many female name patterns. The lexical base is Middle English tele or tēle, the earliest recorded form behind the modern word, naming a small freshwater duck; its deeper source is uncertain, though cognates such as Middle Dutch teling are often noted. As a color term, teal developed from the bird’s greenish-blue markings, so the given name is literally teal-colored or blue-green.

Recorded use belongs mainly to late twentieth- and twenty-first-century English-speaking contexts, rather than medieval rolls or religious tradition. The name sits with secular nature-and-color coinages, but it has remained rare in national statistics. Teala Dunn, an American actor, is its clearest public bearer; Teela is more familiar from the Masters of the Universe character. Related spellings include Teela, Tiela, Tiala, and Teal.