Talia is a feminine given name of Hebrew

Hebrew language

Hebrew is a Semitic language of the Afroasiatic language family. Culturally, is it considered by Jews and other religious groups as the language of the Jewish people, though other Jewish languages had originated among diaspora Jews, and the Hebrew language is also used by non-Jewish groups, such...

 origin meaning dew from God. It is a common misconception that the name Talia (טליה) means "lamb" in Hebrew. In actuality, "taLEH" (טלה) is the word for lamb. Taleh is a single word, whereas the name Talia is a combination of two separate words which, when combined, translate to dew of G-d. The word talia can be found in the Mishnah

Mishnah

The Mishnah or Mishna is the first major written redaction of the Jewish oral traditions called the "Oral Torah". It is also the first major work of Rabbinic Judaism. It was redacted c...

 (Keilim 24:17), although its use as a name is modern.

The name is also popular in Greek, Spanish, (often spelled Thalia

Thalia

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), and Polynesian cultures.

List of people with the given name Talia

• Talia Balsam
  Talia Balsam
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  , actress
• Talia Madison, the ring name of female wrestler Jamie Szantyr, more commonly known as Velvet Sky
• Talia Shire
  Talia Shire
  Talia Shire is an American actress most known for her roles as Connie Corleone in The Godfather films and Adrian Balboa in the Rocky series.-Personal life:...
  
  , actress

Fictional characters

• Queen Talia, a character from the video game Star Wars: Knights of the Old Republic
• Talia, the Queen's Own Herald from the fantasy book Arrows of the Queen
  Arrows of the Queen
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• Talia
  Sun, Moon, and Talia
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  , the name of the dormant princess in an early version of the Sleeping Beauty legend
• Talia al Ghul
  Talia al Ghul
  Talia al Ghul is a fictional character in the DC Comics universe, the now-estranged daughter of the supervillain Ra's al Ghul, a love interest of Batman, and the mother of his son Damian Wayne, the fifth Robin...
  
  , a supporting character from the Batman comic series
• Talia Gladys, a fictional character in Mobile Suit Gundam SEED Destiny
• Talia Sahid
  Talia Sahid
  Talia Cosima Sahid is a fictional character on ABC's daytime drama One Life to Live played by BethAnn Bonner from December 21, 2006 to April 22, 2009.-Casting:...
  
  , a character on the American daytime drama One Life to Live
• Talia Winters
  Talia Winters
  Talia Winters is a fictional character appearing on the science fiction television show Babylon 5 during its first and second seasons. She was portrayed by actress Andrea Thompson....
  
  , a character from Babylon 5

Talia "Tali" David, younger sister of the fictional Ziva David

Ziva David

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 on programme NCIS

NCIS

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.