Given name
Lashanda
“a brassy woman”
Lashanda is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “a brassy woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “a brassy woman.”
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 1962. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lashanda through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 4,674
- 0 boys · 4,674 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 291 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 2010. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 291 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 3,393 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.
Lashanda’s family of names
Lashanda has a related form in Lashonda. Lashanda has a related form in Lashunda. Lashanda has a related form in Lashounda.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
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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