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Shaquisha

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Pronounced shuh-KEE-shuh /ʃəˈkiʃə/Medium

Meaning: Shaquisha blends the fashionable Sha- prefix with a -quisha ending in the Keisha family of names; it was created for its rhythm and has no separate literal meaning.Low

In 30 seconds: Shaquisha is a coined African American girls' name from the Sha- prefix and a Keisha-style ending. Said shuh-KEE-shuh, it appeared briefly for a small number of girls in the early nineteen-nineties.
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Origin LowAmerican, English
MeaningShaquisha blends the fashionable Sha- prefix with a -quisha ending in the Keisha family of names; it was created for its rhythm and has no separate literal meaning.
U.S. rank (1997)#15733 ↘ Falling
1997 U.S. births5 girls (0.00% of U.S. girls)
Peak year1993
Total births (all-time)≈ 108

Popularity in the U.S. · SSA data

peak 199319881997

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

Shaquisha flourished within the inventive Sha- naming style of its decade, the same current that gave Shaquille wide notice. It was never common, reaching only about twenty girls a year at its short peak in the early nineteen-nineties.

Its run was brief, fading within a decade, so a girl named Shaquisha would now be in her early thirties. The name captures a specific moment of African American naming creativity and reads as warm and rhythmic rather than traditional.

Did you know? The -quisha sound sits in the same family as Keisha, a name often linked to the Yoruba-influenced Keshia and to the older Lakeisha, so Shaquisha reads as one branch of a very productive nineteen-nineties naming pattern.
Overall data confidence 27%
References - Shaquisha — Coined Sha- prefix name; -quisha ending in the Keisha family

Variations

ShakishaShaquitaLakeisha

Nicknames

ShaQuishaKesha

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If you like Shaquisha…

Lakeisha— a related coinage sharing the Keisha element
Shaquita— a like Sha- prefixed sister name
Keisha— the root sound the ending echoes
Shanice— a fellow rhythmic Sha- coinage of the era

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Frequently Asked

What does the name Shaquisha mean?

It is an African American coinage joining the Sha- prefix with a -quisha ending related to Keisha; it has no single inherited meaning.

How do you pronounce Shaquisha?

It is said shuh-KEE-shuh /ʃəˈkiʃə/, three syllables with the stress on the second.

Is Shaquisha a boy or girl name?

Shaquisha is used as a girl's name.

How popular is Shaquisha?

It has always been very rare, given to only about twenty girls a year at its brief peak in the early nineteen-nineties.

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