Given name
Quanisha
“a royal hawk”
Quanisha is a variant of Quaneisha. One American interpretation is “a royal hawk.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Quanisha is a variant of Quaneisha. One American interpretation is “a royal hawk.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Quanisha is a variant of Quaneisha. An origin associated with Quaneisha is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1976. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Quanisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,535
- 0 boys · 1,535 girls
- Most popular year
- 1995
- 160 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 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 160 in 1995. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,111 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.
Quanisha’s family of names
Quanisha has a related form in Quaneisha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 2
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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