Given name
Lekeesha
“a lively and healthy woman”·“the favorite”
Lekeesha is a variant of Lakeisha. Interpretations include “a lively and healthy woman” and “the favorite”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Lekeesha is a variant of Lakeisha. Interpretations include “a lively and healthy woman” and “the favorite”. These belong to different or overlapping naming contexts.
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Lekeesha is a variant of Lakeisha. Lakeisha has been associated with American and African naming traditions.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1974. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lekeesha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 21
- 0 boys · 21 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 6 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 1982. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1975.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Lekeesha’s family of names
Lekeesha has a related form in Lakeisha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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