Given name
Nyoka
“a snakelike woman”·“resembling a snake”
Nyoka is used as a given name. Interpretations include “a snakelike woman” (African) and “resembling a snake” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Interpretations include “a snakelike woman” (African) and “resembling a snake” (African). These may reflect different naming traditions.
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1941. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Nyoka through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 946
- 0 boys · 946 girls
- Most popular year
- 1943
- 60 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 2007. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 60 in 1943. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 828 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.
Nyoka’s family of names
Nyoka has a related form in Nioka. Nyoka has a related form in Niokah. Nyoka has a related form in Nyokah.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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Sibling ideas
Names that share Nyoka’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.
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