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Timika
How to Pronounce Timika
Pronounced tih-MEE-kuh /tɪˈmiː.kə/Medium
Meaning: Timika is a modern American coinage, a Ti- variant of Tamika/Tomika. It belongs to the productive Ta-/Ti-/To- plus -mika family of names popular in African American communities in the 1960s-80s, and its meaning is in the sound rather than a 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
Timika is a coinage in the -mika family, a Ti- variation on the better-known Tamika. It appears in the records from the mid-1960s, reached its high point around 1976, and had faded by the late 1990s, following the same rise and fall as its sibling spellings.
With a mid-seventies peak, a Timika is now generally in her late forties, placing it in a Gen-X cohort. It reads as a name of that era rather than a reviving classic and remains uncommon. Parents who like it also like Tamika and Shameka; the three even beats give it a tidy monogram and it pairs with siblings such as Andre or Latoya.
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What does the name Timika mean?
Timika is a modern coinage in the -mika family, a Ti- form of Tamika; its meaning lives in the sound, not a single root.
How do you pronounce Timika?
It's said tih-MEE-kuh /tɪˈmiː.kə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Timika a boy or girl name?
Timika is used as a girl's name, always as a girl's name.
How popular is Timika?
Timika was an uncommon coinage that peaked in the mid-seventies and has been rare since; it has not revived.