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Toneka
How to Pronounce Toneka
Pronounced toh-NEE-kuh /toʊˈniːkə/Medium
Meaning: Toneka is a modern invented American name, close to Tanika, Taneka and Shaneka. It was coined for its smooth, rounded sound rather than from a single old word, part of the creative -neka naming pattern of the later twentieth century.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
Toneka is a coined African American girl's name in the family of Tanika and Taneka. Rather than an inherited dictionary meaning, its charm is its warm three-beat flow, an original creation in the rich -neka naming tradition of the nineteen-eighties.
Toneka was always rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1982. A girl named Toneka then is in her mid-forties today, placing the name in a Generation X frame.
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What does the name Toneka mean?
It is a modern African American coined name in the -neka family, close to Tanika.
How do you pronounce Toneka?
It is said toh-NEE-kuh /toʊˈniːkə/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Toneka a boy or girl name?
Toneka is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Toneka?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year even at its peak in the early nineteen-eighties.