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Tallulah

Pronunciation: tah-LOO-lə (key)

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Origin of the name Tallulah:

A Choctaw name meaning "jumping water." The name was borne by actress Tallulah Bankhead (1903 - 68).

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With memories of the outrageous actress Tallulah Bankhead fading, this hauntingly euphonious Choctaw name has re-entered the public domain; used by Demi and Bruce and by rocker Simon (Duran Duran) Le Bon, and now acceptable for all. (Trivia tidbit: Bankhead's namesake her paternal grandmother who, in turn, was named after the Georgia town of Tallulah Falls.)

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Nicknames for Tallulah: | Edit

La La, Lulu, Lucy, Tally, Luly, Lulah, Talula, Tilly, Tula

Meanings and history of the name Tallulah: | Edit

Choctaw Indian "leaping water"

Famous real-life people named Tallulah: | Edit

Tallulah Bankhead, actress
Tallulah Willis, daughter of Bruce Willis & Demi Moore
Tallulah Novogratz, one of the daughters (a twin with Bellamy) on the Bravo reality series "9 by Design" (and HGTV's "Home by Novogratz"). Her other siblings are Wolfgang, Breaker, Five, Holleder, and Major!

Tallulah in song, story & screen: | Edit

Tallulah is a character played by young Jodie Foster in Bugsy Malone (1976), a black and white musical gangster film played entirely with a child cast.

British band, Tallulah Gosh.

'Tallulah' is the name of a song by Tori Amos.
'Tallulah' is also the name of a song by Sonata Arctica

A character- starlet of the 1930's, a stage dancer, in the 2nd season of the new Doctor Who (2006)played by actress Miranda Raison.

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