Given name

Nesha

Nesha is used as a given name.

Meaning & origin

Where it comes from

Nesha is a variant of Nessa. An origin associated with Nessa is Hebrew.

Explained through its name family

The story

Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1965. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.

From dated birth records

Nesha through the years

Babies since 1880
478
0 boys · 478 girls
Most popular year
1976
22 babies
2025
0
Outside the ranked list
2021–25 vs 2016–20
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Too few births to compare
05101520198020002025Highest share 19760.0
Nesha in U.S. Social Security birth records, 1965–2025, per million girls born. Years with fewer than five births for a sex are not published and appear as zero. Use the arrow keys to step through years.

By the numbers

The most recent published U.S. birth count for girls is 5 in 2003. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 743 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.

Nesha’s family of names

Nesha has a related form in Nessa.

Walk Nesha’s family in the name graph

NeshaNeshahNessa

Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.

Hover or tab through the constellation to see how each name is related. Bigger dots are names more people in the U.S. share.

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 Nesha, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.

 

Keysha

29RareRising

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Gaelic

Neely

“the champion” · “a champion”

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>99% girls

American · Nature

Keisha

“of the spice tree”

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Risha

24RareSteady

>99% girls

Slavic

Neda

“born on a Sunday”

20RareSteady

>99% girls

English

Tisha

“one who brings joy to others”

22RareEasing

>99% girls

Latin

Trisha

“of noble descent”

30RareCooling

>99% girls

 

Tanisha

“born on a Monday”

21RareCooling

>99% girls

Sibling ideas

Names that share Nesha’s feel without repeating its first letter or rhyming with it.