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Takeria
How to Pronounce Takeria
Pronounced tuh-KEER-ee-uh /təˈkɪər.i.ə/Medium
Meaning: Takeria is a modern American coinage pairing the Ta- prefix (as in Takira, Tamara) with a flowing -keria ending that rhymes with Valeria. It was built for its sound rather than from a single root, so it carries no fixed dictionary 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
Takeria appears in United States records from about 1985 and peaks near 1998, one of the many Ta- coinages popular in African-American naming through the 1980s and 1990s. Its four flowing syllables echo Valeria and Takira. It reflects creativity rather than a borrowed etymology and stayed rare throughout, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak.
A Takeria born in the late 1990s is now a young adult. The name is a product of its era's inventive naming culture; it did not enter the wider mainstream and remains a distinctive individual choice.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Takeria mean?
It is a modern coinage joining the Ta- prefix with a -keria ending, in the Takira family, chosen for its sound.
How do you pronounce Takeria?
It's said tuh-KEER-ee-uh /təˈkɪər.i.ə/, four syllables, stress on the second.
Is Takeria a boy or girl name?
Takeria is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Takeria?
It has always been rare, an invented Ta- name that appeared in the mid-nineteen-eighties and never spread widely.