Given name
Kaneesha
“a dark-skinned beauty”
Kaneesha is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1977. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kaneesha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 482
- 0 boys · 482 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 175 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 11 in 2001. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 175 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 435 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.
Kaneesha’s family of names
Kaneesha has a related form in Kanisha. Kaneesha has a related form in Kanesha. Kaneesha has a related form in Kaneisha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 6
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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