Nuka

Spellings & scripts●

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

Meaning & origin●

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

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 name777 records spelled Nuka5 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in India, United States, Nigeria, Netherlands

  Languages: English, German, Dutch

  Also written Nukã

• Georgian given name206 records spelled Nuka2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Georgia

  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●

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.

Over time●

GL Statistics Greenland — First names (NAXT5) — 11 years between 2011–2021. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• 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).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 95 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Nuka?

We estimate roughly 143 people bear Nuka (counting its spellings and scripts) across 7 countries in our records.

In which country does Nuka have the most bearers?

Nuka is most frequently recorded in India, where it is most often spelled nuka.

Where is Nuka most common?

Measured as a share of residents rather than as a count, Nuka is densest in Iceland — about 1 in 70 thousand people — even though India holds more of our records for it.

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.

What does the name Nuka mean?

Recorded meaning: From Proto-Inuit *nuka- (“younger sibling of the same sex”), from Proto-Eskimo *nuka- (“younger sibling”).