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Kadeshia
How to Pronounce Kadeshia
Pronounced kuh-DESH-uh /kΙΛdΙΚ.Ι/Medium
Meaning: Kadeshia is a coined American name rather than an inherited one: the fashionable Ka- prefix joined to the -eshia sound of Keisha and Aisha (Arabic 'aisha, 'living, alive'). It carries the rhythm of that 1990s naming family more than a single fixed dictionary meaning.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
Kadeshia belongs to the great late-twentieth-century tradition of invented American girl names, where a familiar prefix and a familiar suffix are recombined into something new. Here the Ka- opening pairs with the -eshia sound shared by Keisha, Lakeisha and Aisha (from Arabic 'aisha, 'living, alive'), so the name inherits that family's music without copying any one member.
The record is modest and short: Kadeshia appears mainly from the late nineteen-eighties into the early two-thousands, never common, peaking at only a few dozen births in a single year. A girl given the name at its height is now in her early thirties, squarely a Millennial-era name.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Kadeshia mean?
Kadeshia is a modern coined name blending the Ka- prefix with the -eshia sound of Keisha and Aisha, the latter meaning 'living' in Arabic.
How do you pronounce Kadeshia?
It's said kuh-DESH-uh /kΙΛdΙΚ.Ι/ β three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Kadeshia a boy or girl name?
Kadeshia is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Kadeshia?
Kadeshia has always been very rare, given to only a few dozen girls a year even at its peak around the early nineteen-nineties, and it never became common.