Sheniqua

Where Sheniqua comes from

Wiktionary's etymology listing comes up empty for Sheniqua.

  • Vowel-ended
Sheniqua through the years
  1. 1970
    First appearance
    #7,070 among girls with 6 babies, the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1991
    Peak, #1,779
    80 babies named Sheniqua, the most in any year.
  3. 1993
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births, down to #3,506.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name originating as a coinage, of African-American usage, variant of Shaniqua.
Namesakes

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