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Sameka
How to Pronounce Sameka
Pronounced suh-MEE-kuh /səˈmiː.kə/Medium
Meaning: Sameka is a modern African American coinage close to Tameka and Shameka, pairing a Sa- opening with the -meka ending those names share. Its appeal rests on that rhythm rather than a separate literal meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Sameka is a modern American coinage in the Tameka and Shameka family, joining a Sa- opening to the -meka ending those popular names carry. Black American families in the nineteen-seventies coined many such rhythmic names, and Sameka belongs to that group. It appears on United States birth records from the mid-nineteen-seventies.
It was always rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its high around nineteen-eighty, so a girl named Sameka then would be in her forties today. It reads as a coinage of its era rather than a revival.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Sameka mean?
It is a modern coinage in the Tameka and Shameka family, joining a Sa- opening to a -meka ending; it has no separate dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Sameka?
It's said suh-MEE-kuh /səˈmiː.kə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Sameka a boy or girl name?
Sameka is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Sameka?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak around nineteen-eighty.