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Shalese
How to Pronounce Shalese
Pronounced shuh-LEES /ʃəˈliːs/Medium
Meaning: Shalese is a coined girl's name joining the Sha- prefix to a -lese ending that recalls Elise or Lise, French short forms of Elizabeth, from a Hebrew root meaning 'God is my oath.'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
Shalese is a coined name from the Sha- family, its -lese ending recalling Elise or Lise. It belongs to the inventive American naming of the late twentieth century.
Shalese was never common in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak around 1989, and it stayed rare. A girl named Shalese then would be in her thirties today.
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What does the name Shalese mean?
It is a coined name joining the Sha- prefix with a -lese ending, echoing Elise.
How do you pronounce Shalese?
It is said shuh-LEES /ʃəˈliːs/, two syllables with the stress on the second.
Is Shalese a boy or girl name?
Shalese is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Shalese?
It has always been rare in the United States, given to only about twenty girls a year at its peak in the late nineteen-eighties.