Takudzwa
- Gender
- Boy
- Say it
- tah-KOO-dzwah
- UK rank, 2025
- #4,301 for boys
Takudzwa is a boys' name, meaning “we have been exalted”. In 2025 it ranked 4,301st for boys in the UK (4 babies).
What does Takudzwa mean?
Shona (Zimbabwe)
“we have been exalted”
A Shona name from Zimbabwe, often shortened to Taku.
Is Takudzwa a girl's or a boy's name?
Takudzwa is a boys' name. In 2025, it was given to 4 boys in the UK. Too few girls were given it to be listed.
How popular is Takudzwa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 4,301st among boys
- Babies in 2025
- 4 about 1 in 75,000 boys
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 56% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 boys
In 2025, 4 boys in the UK were named Takudzwa, making it the 4,301st most popular name for boys. Its busiest year was 2004, with 11 boys.
2025 had more boys named Takudzwa than any year since 2019.
Half of all the boys named Takudzwa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2004 and 2013, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among boys in 2025, it was 4,212th in England and Wales.
Takudzwa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Boys | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 4 | #4,301 |
| 2024 | 0 | – |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 4 | #4,126 |
| 2018 | 5 | #3,596 |
| 2017 | 3 | #4,995 |
| 2016 | 5 | #3,655 |
| 2015 | 3 | #4,955 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,008 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 7 | #2,736 |
| 2010 | 6 | #3,092 |
| 2009 | 7 | #2,679 |
| 2008 | 6 | #2,906 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,231 |
| 2006 | 9 | #1,995 |
| 2005 | 5 | #2,885 |
| 2004 | 11 | #1,583 |
| 2003 | 3 | #3,593 |
| 2002 | 9 | #1,594 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,326 |
Nicknames for Takudzwa
- Taku
Names like Takudzwa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Hamza, Mustafa, Taha, Oluwatobiloba, Dakota, Ahmed, Talha, Abdullah, Ibrahim, Ifeoluwa, Chidera, Musa
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Takudzwa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/takudzwa, updated 20 October 2026.