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Tamekka
How to Pronounce Tamekka
Pronounced tuh-MEK-uh /təˈmɛk.ə/Medium
Meaning: Tamekka is a respelling of Tameka and Tamika, built from the Ta- prefix and a -mekka ending, with the doubled k a modern spelling flourish. It was made for its sound within Black American naming rather than inherited from an older word.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
Tamekka is a respelling of Tameka and Tamika, joining the Ta- prefix to a -mekka ending, its doubled k a stylish touch. The Tameka sound was hugely popular among Black American families in the 1970s, and parents spelled it many ways. Tamekka first appears in United States birth records around 1977 and touched a small high around 1977.
It was never common in this spelling, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak, and faded by the mid-1980s. A Tamekka from that high would be nearing fifty today.
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What does the name Tamekka mean?
It is a respelling of Tameka and Tamika, from the Ta- prefix, made for its sound.
How do you pronounce Tamekka?
It's said tuh-MEK-uh /təˈmɛk.ə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Tamekka a boy or girl name?
Tamekka is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tamekka?
It has always been rare in this spelling, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-seventies.