Given name
Maleeha
“a beautiful woman of great strength”
Maleeha is a variant of Maliha. One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman of great strength.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Maleeha is a variant of Maliha. One Indian interpretation is “a beautiful woman of great strength.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Maleeha is a variant of Maliha. An origin associated with Maliha is Indian.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1993. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Maleeha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 292
- 0 boys · 292 girls
- Most popular year
- 2018
- 17 babies
- 2025
- 5
- #16,382 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −79%
- Cooling
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 5 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 16,382 among girls’ names. The recent annual counts are too incomplete to establish a ten-year comparison. Its largest published annual count for girls was 17 in 2018. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 433 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.
Maleeha’s family of names
Maleeha has a related form in Maliha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Maleeha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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