Help me find the origin of my last name...Todakee!?

Question

Hey I've always been fascinated by names and their origins and meanings but unfortunately I haven't been able to anything on my second last name, which is Todakee. I know it comes from Japan, my greatgrandfather was born there. It mightve been transliterated wrong or something, so does anyone know any similar names?

Answer 1

well i googled it and only thing i got were latino people

Answer 2

Have you tried the spelling "Todaki"?

Answer 3

I would think Jeff is the closest to probable.

The accurate way, if gr grandpa was born in Japan, and immigrated to the US. would be to locate his death certificate, or work to find when he immigrated (thus, look for the record itself).

Many names are covered in such books as Oxford Dictionary of names.. but I am sure Japanese names are not included.

Answer 4

All I've been able to find is that if you spell it backwards, it says,"Eek a dot!"  Not very helpful, I know.

Answer 5

it's latin for "you smell like roses"