Temeka

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables.

Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list

Temeka by the numbers

Its American peak was 130 babies in 1977, making it a 1970s name.

What we can tell you about Temeka

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Temeka. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Tameka
  • Tomeka
  • Teresato harvest; the harvester395 in the US (2017)
  • Tamerapalm tree; a form of Tamara30 in the US (2017)
  • Terezato harvest or gather in; a form of Teresa8 in the US (2017)
  • Timeahonoring god; a form of Timothea4 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Temeka

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