Arisha
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 48 babies a year in England and Wales.
Arisha by the numbers
In 2025, 48 babies in England and Wales were named Arisha. In the US, 50 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 best year in America so far is the most recent one on record, which means it was still climbing when the records end.
What we can tell you about Arisha
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 Arisha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Aishaalive; living; woman436 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alishanoble, exalted; a form of Alicia113 in England and Wales (2025)
- Anishacomplete, whole, without flaw11 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arissabest; a form of Arista18 in England and Wales (2025)
- Arisabecoming silk12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Amishawithout deception, honest, sincere12 in the US (2017)
Sounds like Arisha
Names that are said the same way as Arisha, however they are written. Sounding alike does not mean they share a history.
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