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Jameika
How to Pronounce Jameika
Pronounced juh-MAY-kuh /dʒəˈmeɪ.kə/Medium
Meaning: Jameika is a coined American name that joins a Ja- prefix with a -meika ending, and it clearly echoes Jamaica, the Caribbean island whose name comes from the Taino Xaymaca, 'land of wood and water.' It was chosen for its warm, island-tinged sound rather than a single fixed meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Jameika is an invented name that joins a Ja- prefix with a -meika ending, echoing Jamaica, part of a wave of coined girls' names in the 1970s. It appears in United States records from around 1978 and reached a modest high in the mid-1990s. It was always rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak.
A girl named Jameika from that stretch would be in her thirties or forties now. The name pairs the era's inventive coining habit with a Caribbean echo, and it never became common, reading today as a distinctive, sunny choice of its decades.
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What does the name Jameika mean?
It is a coined name joining a Ja- prefix with a -meika ending; it echoes Jamaica, whose Taino name means 'land of wood and water.'
How do you pronounce Jameika?
It's said juh-MAY-kuh /dʒəˈmeɪ.kə/, three syllables, stress on the middle.
Is Jameika a boy or girl name?
Jameika is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Jameika?
It has always been rare, a coined name given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak in the mid-nineties.