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Tamika - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Tamika

[ syll. ta-mi-ka, tam-ika ] The girl name Tamika is pronounced as TAEMIYKah KEY.

1: Tamika is largely used in the English and Japanese languages. Its origin is English. Derived from the word 'tamu' which means sweet. The name is a recent coinage; it is common among Afro-Americans. Tamekia (English), Tami (English and Japanese), Tamiko (Japanese), Temeka (English), Temika (English), Timika (English), Tomeka (English), and Tomika (English) are variants of Tamika. Other forms of Tamika include the pet form Tammy (English), and the variant spellings Tameika (English), Tameka (English), Tamica (English), and Timeka (English).

2: Tamika's origin is Japanese. Here, the meaning is people child.

See also the related forms, Shameka (English), Shanika (English), and Shaniqua (English).

Tamika is uncommon as a baby girl name. At the modest height of its usage in 1975, 0.138% of baby girls were named Tamika. It was #130 in rank then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is today of sporadic use. Within all girl names in its family, Tamika was nevertheless the most popular in 2008.

Baby names that sound like Tamika include Tameika (English), Tameka (English), Tamica (English), Tamiko (Japanese), Tamisha (English), Tanaka, Tanesha (English), Tanisha (English and Hausa), Taunisha (English), Tawnesha (English), Temeka (English), Temika (English), Tenesha (English), Tenisha (English), Timeka (English), Timika (English), Tinisha (English), Tomasa (Spanish), Tomeka (English), and Tomika (English).

KEY: approx English pronunciation for Tamika: T as in "tea (T.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; M as in "me (M.IY)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


 
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