Given name
Ikea
“having smooth skin”
Ikea is used as a given name. One Scandinavian interpretation is “having smooth skin.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Scandinavian interpretation is “having smooth skin.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Scandinavian.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1985. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Ikea through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 589
- 9 boys · 580 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 81 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2012. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 72 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 502 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Ikea’s family of names
Ikea has a related form in Ike. Ikea has a related form in Ikia. Ikea has a related form in Ikeah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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