Given name & surname
Tecumseh
“a traveler; resembling a shooting star”
Tecumseh is used as a given name and a surname. One Native American interpretation is “a traveler; resembling a shooting star.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Native American interpretation is “a traveler; resembling a shooting star.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Native American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1916. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Tecumseh through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 64
- 64 boys · 0 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 8 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 boys is 8 in 2013. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 157 as a first name in 2020; 132 as a surname in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Tecumseh’s family of names
Tecumseh has a related form in Tecumse. Tecumseh has a related form in Tekumse. Tecumseh has a related form in Tekumseh.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Tecumseh
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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