Given name
Yanisha
“one with high hopes”
Yanisha is used as a given name. One American interpretation is “one with high hopes.”
Meaning & origin
What it means
One American interpretation is “one with high hopes.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is American.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1986. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Yanisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 43
- 0 boys · 43 girls
- Most popular year
- 2009
- 8 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 8 in 2009. Later missing counts do not mean the name went unused. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 114 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.
Yanisha’s family of names
Yanisha has a related form in Yaneasha. Yanisha has a related form in Yaneashah. Yanisha has a related form in Yaneesha.
The ring: nicknames and forms.
Nicknames & forms 11
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Yaneishavariant
- Yaneashahvariant
- Yaneashavariant
- Yanyshahvariant
- Yanyshavariant
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- Yanieshahvariant
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