Given name
Kanisha
“a dark-skinned beauty”
Kanisha is a variant of Kaneesha. One American interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Kanisha is a variant of Kaneesha. One American interpretation is “a dark-skinned beauty.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Kanisha is a variant of Kaneesha. An origin associated with Kaneesha is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Kanisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 2,603
- 0 boys · 2,603 girls
- Most popular year
- 1990
- 293 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 293 in 1990. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 2,176 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.
Kanisha’s family of names
Kanisha has a related form in Kaneesha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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