Tarkesha
Girl · 3 syllables
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About the name Tarkesha
Tarkesha is a modern invented name, likely combining the Sanskrit root "tar" (meaning "to cross" or "to deliver") with the suffix "-kesha" (meaning "hair" in Sanskrit), though it may also blend African and Sanskrit elements without a fixed traditional meaning.
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Etymology
Tarkesha is a modern invented name, likely combining the Sanskrit root "tar" (meaning "to cross" or "to deliver") with the suffix "-kesha" (meaning "hair" in Sanskrit), though it may also blend African and Sanskrit elements without a fixed traditional meaning. The name is primarily used in African-American communities in the United States, emerging as part of the naming traditions developed from the 1960s onward that incorporated Sanskrit and other global linguistic elements.
Tarkesha currently ranks #8,053 in the United States as a girl's name. It reached its peak popularity around 1976.
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