Daysha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 31 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
31
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Daysha by the numbers

Daysha was given to 31 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 156 babies in 1996, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Daysha

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

  • Dashagift of god; a form of darya or daria101 in the US (2017)
  • Dakshaskilled, able, competent7 in the US (2017)
  • Daisha21 in the US (2017)
  • Daysia7 in the US (2017)
  • Darsha5 in the US (2017)
  • Dayanadivine; a form of Diana543 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Daysha

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

Names about as common as Daysha

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