Given name
Alesha
“noble”·“kind”·“type”
Alesha is a variant of Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Alesha is a variant of Alice. Alice’s older Germanic elements mean “noble” and “kind” or “type.” The connection with nobility belongs to the name’s linguistic roots.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Alesha is a variant of Alice. Alice developed through Old French from Adalheidis, the Germanic name also behind Adelaide.
Explained through its name family
How it developed
Alesha is a variant of Alice. The shared background comes through Alice: The longer Adalheidis was greatly shortened before reaching its Old French form. Alice and Adelaide therefore share an older source, even though they became distinct names.
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The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1959. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin. Alesha is a variant of Alice. The history of Alice gives this family its wider story. Alice returned to wider use in the nineteenth century. Lewis Carroll’s two Alice stories gave it an enduring literary association; his heroine drew inspiration from Alice Liddell.
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Alesha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,553
- 6 boys · 7,547 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 306 babies
- 2025
- 13
- #7,909 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −43%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 13 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 7,909 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 43.3% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 306 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 6,367 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Alesha’s family of names
In English usage, Alesha has a related form in Alicia. Alesha has a related form in Alice.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Alesha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
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