Tanika

  • [ tə-NEE-kə ]
  • 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 (ta) meaning "many", (mi) meaning "beautiful" and (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.
EQUIVALENTS
AFRICAN AMERICAN: Taneka
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
ENGLISH: Tameka, Tamia, Tamika, Tammy, Tania, Tanya, Tatiana, Tatianna, Tatyanna, Tiana, Tianna, Tonya
FINNISH: Taina, Tanja, Tatiana, Tatjana
FRENCH: Tatienne
GEORGIAN: Tatiana
GERMAN: Tanja, Tatiana, Tatjana
GREEK: Tatiana
ITALIAN: Tania, Tatiana
JAPANESE: Tamiko
LATVIAN: Tatjana
LITHUANIAN: Tatjana
MACEDONIAN: Tanja, Tatjana
NORWEGIAN: Tanja, Tatiana
POLISH: Tatiana
PORTUGUESE: Tânia, Tatiana
ROMAN MYTHOLOGY: Tatius
ROMANIAN: Tatiana
RUSSIAN: Tanya, Tatiana, Tatyana
SERBIAN: Tanja, Tatjana
SLOVAK: Tatiana
SLOVENE: Tanja, Tatjana, Tjaša
SPANISH: Tatiana
SWEDISH: Tanja, Tatiana