Meaning and background
The story behind Tallulah
Tallulah is an English given name associated with the Tallulah waterfalls in Georgia, United States. A popular explanation translates it as “leaping waters” in Choctaw, but an onomastic reference warns that a Creek-language explanation meaning “town” may be closer. Its geography is documented; a precise Indigenous-language translation is not settled and should not be printed as fact.
- Origin
- English given name associated with the Tallulah waterfalls in Georgia, United States; deeper Indigenous-language etymology disputed. Source
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About Tallulah
Recorded as a dog’s name
Tallulah appears in 23 dog licence records in the 2026 New York City dataset.
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Pronunciation and rhythm
/tælulə/
US English sound sequence, converted from the CMU dictionary. Stress marks are shown separately.
Stress on the second syllable in the recorded US readings.
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/tælulə/ · primary stress on syllable 2T AE2 L UW1 L AH0
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Sources and research notes (2)
Gender association: NYC licence-period records. Any dog can use this name.
- New York City Department of Health and Mental Hygiene NYC Dog Licensing Dataset — extract_year 2026 — Dog licence periods, not unique dogs; NYC only. No owner-level fields retrieved.
- Carnegie Mellon University / CMU Sphinx maintainers CMU US English Pronouncing Dictionary — US English dictionary readings; not owner-specific or exhaustive multilingual pronunciation
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