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Anesha
How to Pronounce Anesha
Pronounced uh-NEE-shuh /ΙΛni.ΚΙ/Medium
Meaning: Anesha sits in the Aisha/Anisha family - Arabic 'aisha, 'living, alive,' and the related Anisa, 'companion, friendly.' As an American girl's name it blends that heritage sound with the era's -esha ending, giving a warm, familiar rhythm.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
Anesha draws on the Aisha/Anisha family. Arabic 'aisha means 'living, alive,' and the related Anisa means 'companion, friendly.' In American use Anesha marries that heritage to the fashionable -esha ending shared with Keisha and Tanesha, a rhythm beloved in the later twentieth century.
Anesha's record runs from the late nineteen-sixties into the twenty-tens, cresting around 1994, and always uncommon at only a few dozen births in its best year. It reads as a soft, familiar-sounding name of its generation.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Anesha mean?
Anesha is in the Aisha/Anisha family, from Arabic for 'living' ('aisha) or 'companion' (Anisa).
How do you pronounce Anesha?
It's said uh-NEE-shuh /ΙΛni.ΚΙ/ β three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Anesha a boy or girl name?
Anesha is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Anesha?
Anesha was always uncommon, given to only a few dozen girls a year around its mid-nineteen-nineties peak.