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Pronounced mar-KEE-shuh /mɑrˈkiː.ʃə/High

Meaning: Markisha is an invented American name that fuses the Mar- opening of Marquis or Mark with the -kisha ending of Keisha and Lakeisha. Its meaning is stylistic — a confident, musical blend — rather than a traced word.Medium

In 30 seconds: Markisha is an American coinage of the 1970s, joining the Mar- of Marquis to the -kisha of Keisha. It peaked in the late seventies and remained a niche choice.

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Origin MediumAfrican American

MeaningMarkisha is an invented American name that fuses the Mar- opening of Marquis or Mark with the -kisha ending of Keisha and Lakeisha. Its meaning is stylistic — a confident, musical blend — rather than a traced word.

U.S. rank (2007)#16832 ↘ Falling

2007 U.S. births6 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)

Peak year1979

Total births (all-time)≈ 1,136

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

Markisha is a coined American name rather than an inherited one. It weds the Mar- element of Marquis and Mark to the -kisha sound of Keisha and Lakeisha, part of the inventive African American naming current that gathered pace in the early 1970s. The meaning is in the blend and the rhythm, not a dictionary root.

The name crested in the late 1970s and stayed uncommon, worn by roughly a thousand girls in total before it faded by the mid-2000s. A woman named Markisha at the peak is now approaching fifty, placing it in the older half of the coined-name generation. It has not returned to fashion.

Did you know? Markisha rose earlier than many of its -isha cousins, cresting in the late 1970s rather than the eighties or nineties — an early entry in the coined-name wave.

Overall data confidence 62%

References — Markisha — African American Mar-/-kisha coinage; late-1970s peak

Variations

MarquishaMarkesha

Nicknames

KishaMari

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If you like Markisha…

Lakeisha— a same-era prefixed coinage on the same -isha sound

Tamika— a fellow rhythmic African American name of the seventies

Keisha— the -kisha ending Markisha is built from

Latisha— another La-/-isha coinage of the same cohort

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Markisha mean?

Markisha is a coined American name blending the Mar- of Marquis with the -kisha of Keisha; it has no single dictionary meaning.

How do you pronounce Markisha?

It's said mar-KEE-shuh /mɑrˈkiː.ʃə/ — three syllables, stress on the second.

Is Markisha a boy or girl name?

Markisha is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Markisha?

Markisha was an uncommon coinage that crested in the late nineteen-seventies and has been rare since.