Adopted 4 September 1958 on Hydrographic Services Chart #3730 as a new name. Named in association with Taleomey River.

Source: BC place name cards & correspondence, and/or research by BC Chief Geographer & Geographical Names Office staff, file H.1.25.

Taleomey is a modification of the name of the Talhyumuc ( or Talyumc) people, a subgroup of the Nuxalk First Nation, who once inhabited S Bentinck Arm. They knew the arm as Ats’aaxlh and had a large winter village, called Talyu, at the river’s mouth. Substantial log-booming grounds are located nearby. The narrows take their name from the river, as do the Taleomey Glacier and Tower.

Source: Scott, Andrew; "The Encyclopedia of Raincoast Place Names"; Harbour Publishing, Madeira Park, 2009.