Laysha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables, given to 13 babies a year in the US.

Babies a year
13
the US, 2017
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
—
outside the ONS list

Laysha by the numbers

Laysha was given to 13 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.

Its American peak was 98 babies in 2004, so it is a 2000s name that has since fallen a long way.

What we can tell you about Laysha

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

  • Lakshaaim, goal, or target7 in the US (2017)
  • Laisha17 in the US (2017)
  • Laylanight, dark beauty6,283 in the US (2017)
  • Layahweary; a variant spelling of Leah72 in the US (2017)
  • Lasyagracefulness and elegance in dance11 in the US (2017)
  • Laryssacitadel; a form of larissa9 in the US (2017)

Sounds like Laysha

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

Names about as common as Laysha

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