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Shakeita
How to Pronounce Shakeita
Pronounced shuh-KEE-tuh /ʃəˈkiːtə/Low
Meaning: Shakeita is an invented name of the 1970s and 1980s, formed from the Sha- prefix and a -keita sound shared with Keita and Shaketa. Like many Sha- names it was made for its rolling rhythm rather than from a single root, so it carries no fixed older 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
Shakeita is a coined name rather than an inherited one, built from the Sha- prefix and a -keita element in the family of Keita and Shaketa. It belongs to the inventive African American naming of the late twentieth century, valued for its sound over any dictionary meaning.
Shakeita was never common, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its mid-1980s peak and to roughly a hundred girls in all. A woman named Shakeita then is around forty today, part of an inventive Sha- naming generation.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shakeita mean?
It is a modern coinage with no fixed dictionary meaning, joining a Sha- prefix to a -keita sound as in Keita and Shaketa.
How do you pronounce Shakeita?
It is said shuh-KEE-tuh /ʃəˈkiːtə/ - three syllables, with the stress in the middle.
Is Shakeita a boy or girl name?
Shakeita is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shakeita?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its peak in the mid-nineteen-eighties.