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Damesha
How to Pronounce Damesha
Pronounced duh-MEE-shuh /dəˈmiː.ʃə/Medium
Meaning: Damesha blends the Da- prefix with the -mesha or -esha suffix common in late twentieth-century American names; it is an invented, musical name rather than one with an inherited meaning.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
SSA data updated May 2026. How we source & verify this data.
History & Origin
Damesha is part of the inventive naming wave in Black American families through the nineteen-eighties and nineties. It stayed rare throughout, touching a small high around 1993.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak, so the name reads as a distinctive personal choice. A girl named Damesha at that high would be in her early thirties today. The -esha ending places her clearly in that late-century moment.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Damesha mean?
It is a modern African American coinage combining a Da- opening with the -esha suffix; it has no single inherited meaning.
How do you pronounce Damesha?
It is said duh-MEE-shuh /dəˈmiː.ʃə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Damesha a boy or girl name?
Damesha is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Damesha?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.