Given name
Mandisa
“a sweet woman”
Mandisa is used as a given name. One African interpretation is “a sweet woman.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One African interpretation is “a sweet woman.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is African.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1973. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Mandisa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 374
- 0 boys · 374 girls
- Most popular year
- 1976
- 30 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 1998. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 30 in 1976. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 371 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.
Mandisa’s family of names
Mandisa has a related form in Mandisah. Mandisa has a related form in Mandysa. Mandisa has a related form in Mandysah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 4
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
People named Mandisa
- Mandisa MayaSouth African judgeborn 1964
- MandisaAmerican singer1976–2024
- Mandisa MashegoSouth African politician and feministborn 1973
- Mandisa MakesiniSouth African politicianborn 1975
- Mandisa StevensonAmerican basketball player (born 1982)
- Mandisa MonakaliSouth African activist (died 2024)
- Mandisa MfekaSouth African pilot
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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