Meaning of Last Name

Meaning: 1. MHG: telle meant "gorge, ravine" - person living on or from places like gorge, ravine<br>2. MHG, MLG: teller "plate, turntable" - manufacturer of these products<br>3. Low German nickname, Low German: teller, teler means

Origins: Denmark, Germany, Hungary, United States

Teller Teller is the name of: * Abraham Teller (1609, Wurzen ndash 1658, Leipzig), a German Protestant theologian, hymnist * Romanus Teller (1703 ndash 1750), a German clergy, professor * Wilhelm Abraham Teller (1734 ndash 1804), a German Protestant theologian * Henry M. Teller (1830 ndash 1914), a U.S. politician * Leopold Teller (1844 ndash 1908), a Jewish Hungarian actor * Edward Teller (1908, Budapest ndash 2003), a Jewish Hungarian-US nuclear physicist known colloquially as "the father of the hydrogen bomb" * Ludwig Teller (1911, Manhattan ndash 1965), a Jewish U.S. Naval lieutenant and political figure * Teller (magician) (born Raymond Joseph Teller, in 1948, Philadelphia), a US Jewish magician, a member of the comedy and magic duo "Penn and Teller" * Juergen Teller (born 1964, Erlangen), a German photographer