TEELING
Teeling is a surname of Irish origin and is conventionally rendered as an anglicised form of the Gaelic name Ó Téile.
In the Gaelic language, the prefix Ó is used to denote descent, so that Ó Téile literally designates a person who is a descendant of an individual known as Téile. The personal name Téile has an uncertain etymology; it might be connected with the Irish word téite, which translates as “hot” or “fiery”, suggesting that the name could have originally functioned as a descriptive epithet.
The surname Teeling is principally associated with County Sligo in the north‑west of Ireland. Contemporary records show that bearers of the name are also found in other parts of the island, reflecting the mobility of families within the country over the centuries.
In addition to its presence in its place of origin, the Teeling name is recorded outside of Ireland, a phenomenon that mirrors the broader pattern of Irish migration in the 19th and 20th centuries. However, compared with more common Irish surnames, Teeling remains comparatively infrequent.
Typical given names associated with the Teeling surname
Male
- Andrew
- Anthony
- Dave
- David
- James
- John
- Jonathan
- Matthew
- Michael
- Patrick
- Peter
- Ronald
- Sam
- Sean
Female
- Alison
- Caroline
- Claire
- Diane
- Jacqueline
- Jennifer
- Marie
- Nicola
- Sarah
- Susan
Similar and related surnames
- Dailing
- Daling
- Dalling
- Dawling
- Dealing
- Deeling
- Delang
- Delling
- Delong
- Delung
- Deuling
- Dewling
- Dilling
- Doling
- Dolling
- Dolniak
- Dolyniuk
- Dooling
- Douling
- Dowling
- Duling
- Dulling
- Dulnake
- Dulniak
- Dulnik
- Dulong
- Dylong
- Taling
- Talling
- Tealing
- Telang
- Telenko
- Telling
- Tellingham
- Tellings
- Tellins
- Tiling
- Tilling
- Tolling
- Tooling
- Towling
- Tuling
- Tulling
Related and similar names are generated algorithmically based on the spelling, and may not necessarily share an etymology.
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There are approximately 345 people named Teeling in the UK. That makes it one of Britain's least common surnames. Only around five in a million people in Britain are named Teeling.
Famous people named Teeling
- William Teeling - Politician (1903 to 1975)
Names and descriptions courtesy of Wikipedia, and may contain errors. This is not intended to be an exhaustive list of every famous person with this name.