Given name
Lekisha
“a lively and healthy woman”·“the favorite”
Lekisha 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
Lekisha 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
Lekisha 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 1971. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Lekisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 914
- 0 boys · 914 girls
- Most popular year
- 1980
- 92 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 7 in 1994. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 92 in 1980. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 640 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.
Lekisha’s family of names
Lekisha has a related form in Lakeisha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Similar names
If you love Lekisha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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