Jamesha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 9 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
9
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Jamesha by the numbers

Jamesha was given to 9 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 151 babies in 1994, so it is a 1990s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Jamesha

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

  • Jamesia7 in the US (2017)
  • Janessagod is gracious; feminine form of John300 in the US (2017)
  • Jameelabeautiful; a form of Jamila9 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jameliabeautiful; a form of jamal3 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Jamesyn26 in the US (2017)
  • Jameria17 in the US (2017)

Names about as common as Jamesha

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