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Takeyah
How to Pronounce Takeyah
Pronounced tuh-KEE-uh /təˈki.ə/Medium
Meaning: Takeyah is a modern African-American invented name pairing the Ta- prefix with a -keyah ending, in the family of Takia and Keyah. Its meaning is carried by these fashionable parts and its bright sound rather than a single documented root.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
Takeyah is a modern African-American coinage built from the Ta- prefix and a -keyah ending, sitting close to Takia and Keyah. The Ta-/Ta'- prefix produced a whole family of girls' names in the late twentieth century. It appears in United States records from the early nineteen-nineties and reached its small high early in that decade. It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year.
A girl named Takeyah from that peak would be in her thirties now. The name reads as an inventive nineteen-nineties choice tied to its era's sounds, and it has not carried on into wider use.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Takeyah mean?
It is a modern coinage joining the Ta- prefix to a -keyah ending, kin to Takia; its meaning rests on those parts and its sound.
How do you pronounce Takeyah?
It's said tuh-KEE-uh /təˈki.ə/, three syllables, stress on the middle.
Is Takeyah a boy or girl name?
Takeyah is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Takeyah?
It has always been rare, a coined name given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak.