At a Glance
- Meaning
- Named after the teal duck
- Origin
- English (Middle English 'tele', a duck)
- Gender
- Unisex
- Pronunciation
- TEEL
Teal is an English (Middle English 'tele', a duck) unisex name meaning “named after the teal duck”. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.
Meaning & Origin of Teal
Meaning: Named after the teal duck.
Origin: English (Middle English 'tele', a duck).
A common claim: Teal means 'blue-green' (the color) Actually: The name comes from the teal duck; the blue-green color is a secondary sense named after the bird, not the name's original meaning.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Teal
TEELIPA /tiːl/
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