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On this web site is says perhaps Swahili tamu, meaning sweet. However, I have researched this name through other web sites and they have all said the same thing: it. originates from the Japanese and it means child of the people. Go figure?
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That's the name "Tamiko" you're thinking of, Andrea Lynn , and that other websites may perhaps be getting confused. Tamiko is similar in spelling to Tamika , but it's a completely different name -- and has been popular in the African American community for at least a couple of generations now.
The feminine "a" ending on Western names isn't a feminine ending at all in Japan.
It is actually the suffix "-ko" (meaning "child") which feminizes a name in Japan. And, of course, the word "Tami " means "people" in Japanese.
-- Nanaea
The feminine "a" ending on Western names isn't a feminine ending at all in Japan.
It is actually the suffix "-ko" (meaning "child") which feminizes a name in Japan. And, of course, the word "Tami " means "people" in Japanese.
-- Nanaea
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clarification...
"Tamiko is similar in spelling to Tamika , but it's a completely different name -- and has been popular in the African American community for at least a couple of generations now."
****** I meant that "Tamika " (like "Tamisha") is the name that's an African-American creation -- not "Tamiko". "-ika", "-isha", etc. are all popular suffixes in African-American created names.
-- Nanaea
"Tamiko is similar in spelling to Tamika , but it's a completely different name -- and has been popular in the African American community for at least a couple of generations now."
****** I meant that "Tamika " (like "Tamisha") is the name that's an African-American creation -- not "Tamiko". "-ika", "-isha", etc. are all popular suffixes in African-American created names.
-- Nanaea
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