Ahyoka

Girl · Cherokee

Ahyoka

Say it: ah-YOH-kah

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Meaning

Uncertain. The meaning 'she brought happiness' found on baby-name sites has no documented basis.

Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.

Its wave through time

Rare in the records

In the United States

0123418801900192019401960198020002020Peak 2020per million babies of that sex
  • 11 babies given this name since 2019
  • At its height in 2020, about 1 in 266,500 girls
  • 6 babies in 2020

Through the ages

  1. Indigenous AmericasFrom the earliest records to today
  2. The Age of Revolutions1750 to 1837

Used by

Cherokee

The family of the name

Other spellings: Ayoka

Famous bearers

  • Ahyoka, daughter of Sequoyah, who helped demonstrate his syllabary

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Where this comes from

  • Published resources of the nation concerned
  • United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source

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