Given name & surname
Teja
“one who is mentioned”·“wearing a crown”
Teja is a variant of Taja. Interpretations include “one who is mentioned” and “wearing a crown”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Teja is a variant of Taja. Interpretations include “one who is mentioned” and “wearing a crown”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Teja is a variant of Taja. Taja has been associated with African and Hindi naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1978. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Teja through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 644
- 73 boys · 571 girls
- Most popular year
- 2002
- 84 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 2016. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 75 in 2002. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,029 as a first name in 2020; 215 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.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 1
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Teja
- Teja GregorinSlovanian biathleteborn 1980
- Teja BelakSlovene gymnastborn 1994
- Teja OblakSlovenian basketball player (born 1990)
- Teja VidicSlovenian chess playerborn 1998
- Teja ČerneSlovenian yacht racerborn 1984
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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