Tameka is a 20th-century African American name, possibly from the Hebrew *Tama* ("twin," feminine of Thomas) elaborated with the *-eka* suffix popular in 1960s-70s American naming. **A top-300 US baby name from 1976 to 1992**. **Tameka "Tiny" Cottle-Harris (born 1975)** — **American singer-songwriter; founding member of the Grammy-winning R&B group *Xscape* (1992-1998), whose 1993 debut *Hummin' Comin' at 'Cha* went double platinum**. **Co-wrote TLC's "No Scrubs" (1999) — winner of the Grammy for Best R&B Song — and Destiny's Child's "Bills, Bills, Bills" (1999)**, making her one of the most-decorated songwriters of the late-1990s R&B era. **Star of VH1's *T.I. & Tiny: The Family Hustle* (2011-2017) and BET's *Tiny: I Reign* (2020); wife of rapper T.I.** **Tameka Foster (born 1971)** — American stylist; former wife of Usher (2007-2009); founder of the Kile Glover Foundation. **Tameka Empson** — British actress (*EastEnders*). **Tameka** exemplifies the distinctive African American naming tradition of the 1970s-80s alongside Tamika, Tamekia, and Tameika — names that asserted Black identity and individuality in the post-Civil-Rights era. **Tameka Raymond** is Tameka Foster.
Featured throughout 1990s-2010s R&B.
Tameka reduces to six — the number of No Scrubs.