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Tekeyah
How to Pronounce Tekeyah
Pronounced tuh-KEE-uh /təˈki.ə/Medium
Meaning: Tekeyah is a modern African-American invented name pairing the Te- prefix with a -keyah ending, close to Takeyah 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
Tekeyah is a modern African-American coinage built from the Te- prefix and a -keyah ending, sitting close to Takeyah and Keyah. The Te-/Ta- prefixes generated many girls' names late in the twentieth century. Tekeyah appears in United States records from the early nineteen-nineties, with its brief high early that decade. It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year.
A girl named Tekeyah from that time 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 Tekeyah mean?
It is a modern coinage joining the Te- prefix to a -keyah ending, kin to Takeyah; its meaning rests on those parts and its sound.
How do you pronounce Tekeyah?
It's said tuh-KEE-uh /təˈki.ə/, three syllables, stress on the middle.
Is Tekeyah a boy or girl name?
Tekeyah is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tekeyah?
It has always been rare, a coined name given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak.