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Re: Telina
I am from Tennessee and I decided to look up my name also! Everyone down here seems to think it's a black name.I don't know but I really like my name alot and wish to find more people with it and to find out what it means.
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I was told by my mother that the name is American Indian and means "good dawn". My mother was a flower child and that is how I explain the name, because I have no Indian in me.
It is a very unique name and I hated it growing up but now am glad I have a different name.
Have a good day
Telina
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on a whim I put my name into a search and eventually ended up here. I have never come across anyone else with my name or spelling. my mother told me that the name Telena was derived from Telaka, which meant "twilight". I believe she said Telaka was an indian name. I have no clue what indian tribe or anything. I was born in 1966 and by chance ran into a gentleman in florida (20 years ago)whose wife was named Telina. From the internet, I have found Telena to be a name use for telecommunications companies. who would have guessed?
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