Given name
Yakini
“an honest woman”
Yakini is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “an honest woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “an honest woman.”
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 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yakini through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 15
- 0 boys · 15 girls
- Most popular year
- 1973
- 5 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 1976. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Yakini’s family of names
Yakini has a related form in Yackiney. Yakini has a related form in Yackini. Yakini has a related form in Yackinie.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yakineahvariant
- Yakineavariant
- Yakineevariant
- Yackinyvariant
- Yackineyvariant
- Yackinievariant
- Yackinivariant
- Yakinyvariant
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