Entry № 10311 · Shona origin

Tanaka Tanaka — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ tah-NAH-kah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Shona
Meaning
"We are well"
Syllables
3
First recorded
Traditional

A name that means "we are well".

Tanaka means we are well, we are good — a name of contentment and grace. It carries warmth and peace.

We are well — a Shona name of grace and heritage.

The name in its native script.

Tanaka
Transliteration
Tanaka
Pronunciation
/ taˈna.ka /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Tanaka stands.

Tanaka does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Tanakas before her.

Real people

In fiction

Names connected to Tanaka.

The number behind Tanaka.

3

The Communicator

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Tanaka reduce to 3, The Communicator. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.