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Tanikka
How to Pronounce Tanikka
Pronounced tuh-NIK-uh /təˈnɪkə/Medium
Meaning: Tanikka is a variant spelling of Tanika, a modern American name that extends Tanya, the Russian short form of Tatiana, with the popular -ika ending. Tatiana is an old Roman family name of uncertain meaning; Tanikka's appeal is its rhythmic modern sound rather than that distant 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
Tanikka is a doubled-k spelling of Tanika, built by adding the -ika ending to Tanya, the Russian pet form of Tatiana. It belongs to the rich vein of rhythmic -ika names that flourished in African-American naming in the nineteen-seventies and eighties, where a shared ending was combined with different roots.
The name was never common, given to only about fourteen girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-seventies and to barely more than a hundred over its run. A Tanikka from then is in her mid-forties today, part of that inventive -ika moment.
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What does the name Tanikka mean?
It is a spelling of Tanika, a coinage that extends Tanya, the Russian short form of Tatiana, with the -ika ending.
How do you pronounce Tanikka?
It is said tuh-NIK-uh /təˈnɪkə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Tanikka a boy or girl name?
Tanikka is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tanikka?
It was always rare and peaked in a small way in the late nineteen-seventies.