Meaning and Origin of: Tally

Girl name origins & meanings

  • Latin : Birthday; child born at Christmas
  • African American : Inventive
  • Hebrew : Dew from heaven
  • Greek : Blooming
  • Choctaw Indian : Leaping water

Boy name origins & meanings

  • French : Reward

Boy name variations

Family name origins & meanings

  • Irish : variant spelling of Talley.
  • Irish (County Longford) : occasionally a variant of Tully.
  • French : occupational name from a variant of Old French tailleur, an agent derivative of tailler ‘to cut’, hence an occupational name for a tailor or stonecutter.