At a Glance: Name: Tacoma – Meaning: mother of waters – Origin: Lushootseed – Pronunciation: tuh-KOH-muh
Tacoma is a Lushootseed name used for both boys and girls meaning “mother of waters”. It appears in our list of 175+ State-Inspired Baby Names as American as They Come.
Meaning & Origin of Tacoma
Meaning: Mother of waters.
Origin: Lushootseed.
Source: Wiktionary.
How to Pronounce Tacoma
Phonetic: tuh-KOH-muh IPA: /təˈkoʊmə/
Popularity of Tacoma
Source: U.S. Social Security Administration birth-name data, 1971–2022.
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