Baby name
STABLE
🇧🇷 🇵🇹 Talita
/tah · LEE · tah/
Meaning
“Little girl”
Brazilian and Portuguese form of Talitha, from Aramaic meaning 'little girl'; the Gospel of Mark records Jesus saying 'Talitha cumi' (little girl, arise) to raise a child from the dead.
Nicknames
tali
Vibe
warm
How it ages.
Biblical with a gentle sound; ages with spiritual depth in Lusophone countries.
The cultural moment.
Common in Brazil from the 1980s onward; steady use, not currently trending but durable.