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Shakema
How to Pronounce Shakema
Pronounced shuh-KEE-muh /ΚΙΛkiΛ.mΙ/Medium
Meaning: Shakema is a coined American name built on the fashionable Sha- prefix, its sound echoing Shakira β an Arabic name meaning 'thankful' or 'grateful'. Shakema itself is a modern invention with an -ema ending rather than a direct Arabic word, and its meaning is best read through that resemblance.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Shakema is a coined name of the later twentieth century, formed from the popular Sha- prefix and an -ema ending, its sound clearly shaped by Shakira, the Arabic name meaning 'thankful' or 'grateful'. It is an elaboration in the spirit of that name rather than a traditional Arabic form itself.
It appeared around 1974, touched a faint high point around 1981, and had largely faded by the early two-thousands. A Shakema today is most likely a woman of Generation X; the name is a characteristic coinage of its decade rather than an inherited one.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Shakema mean?
Shakema is a coined name built on the Sha- prefix, its sound echoing Shakira, an Arabic name meaning 'thankful' or 'grateful'.
How do you pronounce Shakema?
It's said shuh-KEE-muh /ΚΙΛkiΛ.mΙ/ β three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Shakema a boy or girl name?
Shakema is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shakema?
Shakema has always been rare, a coined name of the later twentieth century that peaked in the early eighties.