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Tarisha
How to Pronounce Tarisha
Pronounced tuh-REE-shuh /təˈriː.ʃə/Low
Meaning: Tarisha is an invented American name pairing the Ta- prefix with a -risha ending of the sort heard in Tanisha and Latrisha. It belongs to the late-twentieth-century wave of rhythm-first coinages, and its appeal is in the sound rather than a single inherited meaning.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
Tarisha is a coined American name that joins the Ta- prefix to a -risha element like the one in Tanisha. Names of this build spread through African-American communities in the later twentieth century, and Tarisha is assembled by ear rather than inherited.
It was never common, given to only about fifteen girls a year even at its peak in the mid-nineteen-eighties, and it faded within a generation. A girl named Tarisha then is around forty today, from the peak of the -isha coinages.
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What does the name Tarisha mean?
It is a modern African-American coinage, a Ta- prefix joined to a -risha element as in Tanisha.
How do you pronounce Tarisha?
It is said tuh-REE-shuh /təˈriː.ʃə/ - three syllables, stress on the second.
Is Tarisha a boy or girl name?
Tarisha is used as a girl's name.
How popular is Tarisha?
It was always rare in the United States, given to only about fifteen girls a year even at its peak in the nineteen-eighties.