Toledo
Arabic/Latin · Girl · 3 syllables
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About the name Toledo
Toledo derives from the Arabic word "Tolaitola" or "Tuleytula," possibly meaning "hill of the spring" or related to the Latin "Toletum," referring to the elevated terrain of the city in central Spain.
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Etymology
Toledo derives from the Arabic word "Tolaitola" or "Tuleytula," possibly meaning "hill of the spring" or related to the Latin "Toletum," referring to the elevated terrain of the city in central Spain. The name is primarily associated with Spanish geography and culture, with historical significance as a major medieval city that was a center of Christian, Muslim, and Jewish coexistence during Al-Andalus before the Christian Reconquista.
Toledo currently ranks #4,302 in the United States as a girl's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1923.
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