Aleysha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 21 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
21
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Aleysha by the numbers

Aleysha was given to 21 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 25 babies in 2004, making it a 2000s name.

What we can tell you about Aleysha

Not every name has a meaning to trace. Plenty are coined rather than inherited — invented outright, blended from two names, or respelled from an older one — and where we cannot find an etymology we can stand behind, we would rather say so than make one up. What follows comes from the birth records themselves.

Spelled almost the same

Other names in the records within a letter or two of Aleysha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aleshanoble; variant of alicia or alexa36 in the US (2017)
  • Alyshaa form of Alicia; noble natured7 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleyshkadefender of mankind; diminutive of alesha10 in the US (2017)
  • Alaysha44 in the US (2017)
  • Aleisha35 in the US (2017)
  • Aleyssa16 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Aleysha

Names that are said the same way as Aleysha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.

  • Alishanoble, exalted; a form of Alicia113 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Alaisha18 in the US (2017)
  • Aleesha9 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Aleysha

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