The baby name Teke is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TEH-keh (approx. /ˈtɛkɛ/).
Teke is Turkish in Origin.
The baby name Teke is a Unisex name , 2 syllables long and is pronounced TEH-keh (approx. /ˈtɛkɛ/).
Teke is Turkish in Origin.
Teke carries multiple roots. In Turkish, teke means “billy goat” and by extension evokes strength, hardiness, and independence; the word also names the historic Teke beylik of southwestern Anatolia and the prominent Turkmen Teke tribe, helping the term migrate into use as a masculine given name or nickname. In Central Africa, Téké is the French spelling for a cluster of Bantu-speaking peoples in today’s Republic of the Congo and Gabon; in those communities and their diaspora, Teke may be chosen as a heritage name, functioning more as an ethnonym than a lexical meaning.
Usage is scattered but modern, found as both given name and surname in Turkey, Turkmenistan, and Congolese/Gabonese families; it is occasionally unisex but chiefly masculine. Variants and related forms include Téké (Francophone), Bateke (ethnonymic form), and the short form Teki. Related Turkic names are Tekin (“unique; prince”) and Tekay.
Based on birth registration data from national statistics agencies.
| Country | Gender | Year | Rank | Born | of |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TM | Boys | 0 | #36 | 1 | 614 |
| BW | Boys | 0 | #151 | 4 | 4,685 |
| BW | Girls | 0 | #151 | 1 | 4,216 |
| HU | Boys | 0 | #174 | 1 | 3,954 |
| NA | Girls | 0 | #237 | 1 | 7,146 |
| NG | 0 | #272 | 1 | 5,926 | |
| TW | Girls | 0 | #289 | 1 | 8,139 |
| AL | Boys | 0 | #303 | 1 | 5,122 |
| CN | Boys | 0 | #331 | 1 | 9,639 |
| SD | Girls | 0 | #358 | 1 | 7,678 |
| MU | Boys | 0 | #369 | 1 | 8,477 |
| UY | Boys | 0 | #413 | 1 | 5,922 |
| CM | Girls | 0 | #461 | 80 | 11,671 |
| CM | Boys | 0 | #465 | 86 | 12,054 |
| SD | Boys | 0 | #465 | 2 | 10,523 |
| AR | Boys | 0 | #482 | 2 | 7,628 |
| GT | Boys | 0 | #498 | 2 | 7,625 |
| IR | Girls | 0 | #545 | 1 | 8,334 |
| LY | 0 | #559 | 1 | 12,703 | |
| PS | Boys | 0 | #561 | 1 | 10,655 |
| BH | 0 | #586 | 2 | 17,937 | |
| AR | Girls | 0 | #630 | 1 | 8,289 |
| CL | Boys | 0 | #695 | 6 | 13,390 |
| QA | Boys | 0 | #742 | 2 | 18,093 |
| KW | Boys | 0 | #804 | 3 | 18,755 |
| NG | Girls | 0 | #822 | 5 | 15,093 |
| OM | Boys | 0 | #917 | 2 | 17,948 |
| EG | Boys | 0 | #922 | 4 | 15,035 |
| NG | Boys | 0 | #933 | 19 | 16,906 |
| CO | Boys | 0 | #980 | 2 | 15,656 |
| SA | Girls | 0 | #1,012 | 3 | 25,931 |
| MX | Boys | 0 | #1,033 | 1 | 16,355 |
| IN | Boys | 0 | #1,038 | 2 | 16,750 |
| CO | Girls | 0 | #1,152 | 1 | 16,140 |
| ZA | Boys | 0 | #1,152 | 27 | 25,619 |
| MY | Boys | 0 | #1,181 | 2 | 25,439 |
| TR | 0 | #1,186 | 26 | 19,440 | |
| MA | 0 | #1,198 | 2 | 20,986 | |
| ZA | Girls | 0 | #1,233 | 4 | 25,928 |
| DZ | 0 | #1,234 | 1 | 20,130 | |
| MX | Girls | 0 | #1,267 | 1 | 17,781 |
| SA | Boys | 0 | #1,683 | 9 | 28,008 |
Teke is popular in 32 countries — most recent births per country:
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