Areesha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 14 babies a year in England and Wales.

Babies a year
14
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2006
14 babies

Areesha by the numbers

In 2025, 14 babies in England and Wales were named Areesha. In the US, 12 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.

Its American peak was 19 babies in 2014, making it a 2010s name.

What we can tell you about Areesha

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 Areesha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.

  • Aneeshasweet or soft; a form of Anisha8 in the US (2017)
  • Aleesha9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Areeha8 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Areesa5 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Ayeshaalive or living204 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Aleshanoble; variant of alicia or alexa36 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Areesha

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

  • Arisha48 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Arshia3 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Areesha

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