Given name
Delisha
“one who gives pleasure”
Delisha is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Delisha is a variant of Delicia. One Latin interpretation is “one who gives pleasure.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Delisha is a variant of Delicia. An origin associated with Delicia is Late Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Delisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 980
- 0 boys · 980 girls
- Most popular year
- 1989
- 53 babies
- 2025
- 0
- Outside the ranked list
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- —
- Too few births to compare
By the numbers
The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2019. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 53 in 1989. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 839 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.
Delisha’s family of names
Delisha has a related form in Delicia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Delisha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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