Talla Family History

Americanized form of Norwegian Talle: habitational name from a farm name in Luster in Sogn written in Old Norse as Tharla, a compound of thari ‘kelp’ and lá ‘water in a marsh or swamp or water at a shore line’.

Indian (mainly Telangana and Andra Pradesh): topographic name from the name of a tree commonly found in the region.

Filipino: variant of Tala from Tagalog tala, a term denoting a type of aromatic herb used for flavoring and as medicine, probably applied as a metonymic occupational name.

Central African (Cameroon): unexplained.

West African (Senegal): Tukulor name probably a variant of Tall. It is also found among the Wolof people.