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Shakeisha
How to Pronounce Shakeisha
Pronounced shuh-KEE-shuh /ʃəˈki.ʃə/Medium
Meaning: Shakeisha is a modern African American coinage that pairs the popular Sha- prefix with Keisha, a name usually traced to Keziah, a Hebrew name meaning cassia, a sweet-smelling spice. The blend gives it a rhythmic, distinctly late twentieth-century American sound.Low
Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data
U.S. births per year (Social Security Administration, 1880–present). Pink marker = peak year.
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History & Origin
Shakeisha is an invented American name, built from the fashionable Sha- prefix and Keisha, a popular name generally linked to the Hebrew Keziah, meaning cassia. It flourished within a mid to late twentieth-century wave of rhythmic, prefix-plus-name coinages given especially in African American families.
Shakeisha stayed rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties before fading. A girl named Shakeisha then is in her thirties today.
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What does the name Shakeisha mean?
It is a modern name joining the Sha- prefix to Keisha, which is usually traced to Keziah, meaning cassia.
How do you pronounce Shakeisha?
It is said shuh-KEE-shuh /ʃəˈki.ʃə/, three syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Shakeisha a boy or girl name?
Shakeisha is used here as a girl's name.
How popular is Shakeisha?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the early nineteen-nineties.