Given name
Wakesha
“filled with happiness”
Wakesha is a variant of Wakeishah. One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
Wakesha is a variant of Wakeishah. One American interpretation is “filled with happiness.”
Explained through its name family
Where it comes from
Wakesha is a variant of Wakeishah. An origin associated with Wakeishah is American.
Explained through its name family
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1975. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Wakesha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 11
- 0 boys · 11 girls
- Most popular year
- 1975
- 6 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 1977. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Its largest published annual count for girls was 6 in 1975.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Wakesha’s family of names
Wakesha has a related form in Wakeishah.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 1
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
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