Given name
Marisha
“woman of the sea”
Marisha is a variant of Marissa. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Marisha is a variant of Marissa. One Latin interpretation is “woman of the sea.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Marisha is a variant of Marissa. An origin associated with Marissa is Latin.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1955. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Marisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,547
- 0 boys · 1,547 girls
- Most popular year
- 1992
- 72 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 2024. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 72 in 1992. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,484 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.
Marisha’s family of names
Marisha has a related form in Marissa.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 3
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 2
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
People named Marisha
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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