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Temekia
How to Pronounce Temekia
Pronounced tuh-MEEK-ee-uh /təˈmiːkiə/Medium
Meaning: Temekia is an invented American name from the great wave of Te-/Ta- girl names of the nineteen-seventies. It pairs a soft opening syllable with the -meka/-mekia sound shared by Tameka, Tomeka and Shameka. There is no older etymology to trace; the meaning lives in the rhythm rather than a dictionary 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
Temekia is an original coinage rather than a handed-down name. It was formed the way many African American girl names of its moment were, by joining a familiar prefix to a fashionable ending, here the -mekia sound of Tameka and Tomeka. The appeal was the sound itself, invented fresh for a daughter.
It never left the margins of the record, a couple dozen girls a year at most around 1979, and it faded by the nineteen-nineties. A Temekia born then would be in her forties now, her name a small, vivid marker of that era's inventive naming.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Temekia mean?
It is a coined American name in the Tameka and Tomeka family, valued for its sound rather than a dictionary meaning.
How do you pronounce Temekia?
It's said tuh-MEEK-ee-uh /təˈmiːkiə/.
Is Temekia a boy or girl name?
Temekia is used as a girl's name.
Is Temekia a popular name?
No, it was always rare, an invented name of the nineteen-seventies that saw only slight use.