Teller

Teller is an English occupational word with several related everyday uses. It can describe a bank employee handling money, someone counting votes, or a person who tells a story. Those meanings connect through older senses of telling as counting or recounting, giving the word more range than its banking association alone suggests.

As a given name, Teller can therefore carry a family interest in stories, communication, or a particular occupation. The storyteller interpretation is a natural use of the English word, rather than a separate ancient translation. Its two-syllable shape resembles established occupational surnames, but the intended meaning can remain personal: the family may value the narrative association more than the financial one, or the reverse.