Taneka

Gender：
Pronounced： [ tə-NEE-kə ]
Popularity：
Usage：African American (Rare)

Meaning & History：

Variant of TANIKA.

TANIKA female African American

Invented name, probably modeled on TAMIKA and influenced by TANYA.

TAMIKA female English

Variant of TAMIKO, inspired by the American jazz singer Tamiko Jones (1945-) or the American movie 'A Girl Named Tamiko' (1963).

TAMIKO female Japanese

From Japanese 多 (ta) meaning "many", 美 (mi) meaning "beautiful" and 子 (ko) meaning "child". Other kanji combinations are also possible.

TANYA female Russian, English

Russian diminutive of TATIANA. It began to be used in the English-speaking world during the 1930s.

TATIANA female Russian, Slovak, Bulgarian, Romanian, Polish, Greek, Georgian, Spanish, Portuguese, Italian, Finnish, Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, Dutch, English, Ancient Roman

Feminine form of the Roman name Tatianus, a derivative of the Roman name TATIUS. This was the name of a 3rd-century saint who was martyred in Rome under the emperor Alexander Severus. She was especially venerated in Orthodox Christianity, and the name has been common in Russia and Eastern Europe. It was not regularly used in the English-speaking world until the 1980s.

TATIUS male Roman Mythology, Ancient Roman

Roman family name of unknown meaning, possibly of Sabine origin. According to Roman legend, Titus Tatius was an 8th-century BC king of the Sabines who came to jointly rule over the Romans and Sabines with the Roman king Romulus.

Names related to Taneka：

EQUIVALENTS

AFRICAN AMERICAN: Tanika

OTHER FORMS

AFRICAN AMERICAN: Latanya, Latonya, Tanesha, Taniqua, Tanisha

ANCIENT ROMAN: Tatiana, Tatianus, Tatius

BULGARIAN: Tatiana

CROATIAN: Tanja, Tatjana

CZECH: Taťána

DANISH: Tanja, Tatiana

DUTCH: Tatiana