Meaning and Origin
What does the name Tesla mean? Keep reading to find the user submitted meanings, dictionary definitions, and more.
Origin and Meaning of Tesla
User Submitted Origins
Slavic
57%
Greek
32%
Hebrew
9%
American
2%
User Submitted Meanings
- A user from Canada says the name Tesla is of Slavic origin and means "Tesla - carpenter. See Polish 'ciesla' (t = ci) from 'ciosac' - to chop, to hew, to axe, and 'cios' - a blow, a stroke. See Ukrainian '??????/ teslar' - carpenter".
International Interest
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Other Dictionary Sources
- United States electrical engineer and inventor (born in Croatia but of Serbian descent) who discovered the principles of alternating currents and developed the first alternating-current induction motor and the Tesla coil and several forms of oscillators (1856-1943)
- A unit of magnetic flux density equal to one weber per square meter
Wiktionary
From Serbo-Croatian Тесла (Tesla).
- A surname of Slavic origin.
Tesla was also found in the following language(s): German and Serbo-Croatian