76%RatingSave Gender Masculine Usage Ancient Greek, Portuguese (Brazilian) Scripts Θαλῆς(Ancient Greek) Pronounced Pron. TA-LEHS(Classical Greek) THAY-leez(English) TA-leezh(Portuguese) [key·IPA] Meaning & History Derived from Greek θάλλω (thallo) meaning "to blossom". Thales of Miletus was a 6th-century BC Greek philosopher and mathematician. PopularityDetails Last ranked #261 in 2000 Brazil (by decade) People think this name isRate·Details classic mature formal upper class wholesome strong refined strange serious nerdy Categories Fire Emblem characters, flowers, Keeper of the Lost Cities characters, math, nature, philosophers, plants