Nuka

Spellings & scripts●(measured from records)

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●(measured from records)

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Nuka is also recorded as 2 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• English given name5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, Nigeria, Germany

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Nukã

• Georgian given name2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Georgia, United States

  Also written ნუკა

39 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Nuka is also recorded in 6 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In tet, ulcer, atrophic sore (difficult to heal, possibly due to poor nutrition)

  as a word·Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (ACD), CLDF v2.0

• In kl, younger sibling of someone of equal gender

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Zulu, to smell (have a particular odour)

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Japanese, Rōmaji transcription of ぬか

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In Xhosa, to smell, to stink

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• In izh, synonym of veitsi

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Nuka Salomonsenb. 1972badminton player
• Nuka Mark Nielsenb. 1990badminton player

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

What does the name Nuka mean, and where does it come from?

From Proto-Inuit *nuka- (“younger sibling of the same sex”), from Proto-Eskimo *nuka- (“younger sibling”). Recorded by Wiktionary and Nordic Names.

How do you pronounce Nuka?

A machine transcription gives /njukə/ (IPA) for Hindi.

Is Nuka a male or female name?

Nuka is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.

In which country does Nuka have the most bearers?

In Denmark, the national register counted about 119 people named Nuka, more than in any other country we hold.

How common is the name Nuka?

In Denmark, the national register counted 119 people named Nuka, about 1 in 49 thousand residents.