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Kelisha
How to Pronounce Kelisha
Pronounced kuh-LEE-shuh /kəˈliː.ʃə/Medium
Meaning: Kelisha is a modern American coinage built from the Ke- prefix and a -lisha ending shared with Alisha and Felicia. It was made for its smooth sound within Black American naming of the 1970s and 1980s.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
Kelisha is an American coinage joining the Ke- prefix to a -lisha ending shared with Alisha and Felicia. Such blends flourished among Black American families from the mid-1970s, each one a small act of invention. Kelisha first appears in United States birth records around 1974 and reached a small high around 1991.
It was never common, given to only a couple dozen girls a year even at its peak. A Kelisha from that high would be in her thirties now; the name reads as an of-its-era coinage rather than a revival.
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Frequently Asked
What does the name Kelisha mean?
It is a modern coinage joining the Ke- prefix with a -lisha ending, kin to Alisha and Felicia, made for its sound.
How do you pronounce Kelisha?
It's said kuh-LEE-shuh /kəˈliː.ʃə/, three syllables with the stress in the middle.
Is Kelisha a boy or girl name?
Kelisha is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Kelisha?
It has always been rare, given to only a couple dozen girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.