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amother


 

Post Wed, Oct 29 2014, 11:44 pm
Not Tehilla (although I'm told it's a yiddish form). Can anyone tell me anything else about the name? How it's spelled?
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Scrabble123




 
 
    
 

Post Wed, Oct 29 2014, 11:48 pm
Tes Yud Lamed Alef.
It is often paired with Chava. Chava Tilla.
I never heard that it's from Tehilla. I was told it's a Polish name that became Yiddish like many other Polish and Hungarian names (think Charna, Basha, Brana, Aigy).
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Dina_B613




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Oct 30 2014, 4:29 am
I love it, but it might remind people of "Atilla the Hun."
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Oct 30 2014, 6:53 am
I do wonder if Tilla isn't from Tehilla.

My Krakow family has this name.
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amother


 

Post Thu, Oct 30 2014, 8:12 am
Ruchel wrote:
I do wonder if Tilla isn't from Tehilla.



We have this name in our family and I always knew it to be a short version of Tehilla.
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Scrabble123




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Oct 30 2014, 10:14 am
Tehilla is not a word that has a mesora as a name. It is not a name in the Torah. Tilla is Yiddish. It's spelled with a tes, not even a tuf like Tehilla. There is a name book which has the mesoros of different names: Yiddish and Lashon Kodesh. You can look up Tilla there, but I am certain you will not find the name Tehilla in the book, although we know that it means praise.
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Ruchel




 
 
    
 

Post Thu, Oct 30 2014, 10:21 am
Beider says it's folk etymology that links Tilla to Tehila
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amother


 

Post Sat, Nov 01 2014, 7:43 pm
OP here, thanks for the replies!
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