Given name
Monisha
“having great intelligence”
Monisha is used as a given name. One Hindi interpretation is “having great intelligence.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Hindi interpretation is “having great intelligence.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Hindi.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1961. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Monisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,254
- 0 boys · 1,254 girls
- Most popular year
- 1983
- 86 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 6 in 2017. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 86 in 1983. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,598 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.
Monisha’s family of names
Monisha has a related form in Monesha. Monisha has a related form in Moneisha. Monisha has a related form in Moneasha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 7
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
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