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Akisha
Pronounced uh-KEE-shuh /ΙΛkiΛ.ΚΙ/Medium
Meaning: Akisha is a coined name that blends the A- opening and sound of Arabic-derived Aisha, 'living' or 'she who lives', with the popular -isha ending of Keisha and Tanisha; it has no single inherited root.Low
Popularity in the U.S. Β· SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880βpresent). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Akisha reads as a fresh blend, echoing Aisha β an Arabic name meaning 'living' β while riding the fashionable -isha sound of Keisha and Tanisha. It is a coined name rather than a documented traditional one.
It stayed rare throughout, cresting in the later nineteen-seventies at just a few dozen a year and thinning afterward; it reads as of its generation, and a bearer today is likely in her forties.
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What does the name Akisha mean?
Akisha is a coined name echoing Aisha, 'living', with the -isha sound of Keisha; it has no single older root.
How do you pronounce Akisha?
It's said uh-KEE-shuh /ΙΛkiΛ.ΚΙ/ β three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Akisha a boy or girl name?
Akisha is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Akisha?
Akisha was always rare, seen mostly in the later nineteen-seventies.