Given name
Iesha
“lively; womanly”
In English use, Iesha is a variant of Aisha. One Arabic interpretation is “lively; womanly.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
In English use, Iesha carries the interpretation “lively; womanly.” In English use, Iesha is a variant of Aisha. One Arabic interpretation is “lively; womanly.”
Combines direct and name-family evidence
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is English.
How it developed
Iesha is used as a form of Aisha.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1968. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Iesha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 7,467
- 15 boys · 7,452 girls
- Most popular year
- 1991
- 1,905 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 8 in 2023. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,896 in 1991. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 5,650 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.
Iesha’s family of names
In English usage, Iesha has a related form in Aisha. Iesha is a form of Aisha. Iesha has a related form in Ieshia.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 10
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Aishavariant · English
- Ieashiavariant
- Ieashavariant
- Ieeshavariant
- Iesheavariant
- Ieshiavariant
- Iesshalikely variant
- Ieeshiavariant
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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