Taka: Name Meaning, Origin & Popularity

At a Glance: Name: Taka – Origin: Japanese – Gender: Boy – Pronunciation: TAH-kah


Taka is a Japanese boy's name. It appears in 2 of our baby name lists.

Meaning & Origin of Taka

Origin: Japanese.

A common claim: Often glossed on baby-name sites as 'tall, honorable' or 'hawk,' depending on the assumed kanji. Actually: Both glosses correspond to real but different possible kanji spellings — without knowing which characters a given bearer's name uses, no single meaning can be confirmed.

Source: Wiktionary, Wikipedia.

How to Pronounce Taka

Phonetic: TAH-kah   IPA: /ˈtɑːkɑː/

Popularity of Taka

Taka doesn’t appear in U.S. Social Security birth records, which include every name given to at least five babies in a year — so it’s rare in the U.S.

Lists That Include Taka

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