Maisha
A girls’ name of Swahili origin, meaning life.
Babies a year
13
England and Wales, 2025
Rarity
Very rare
among names in use
US popularity
—
outside the top 1000
UK popularity
#2138
13 babies
Maisha by the numbers
In 2025, 13 babies in England and Wales were named Maisha. In the US, 15 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 114 babies in 1977, so it is a 1970s name that has since fallen a long way.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Maisha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Mishawho is like God; a form of Michael24 in England and Wales (2025)
- Mashastar of the sea; russian diminutive of maria15 in the US (2017)
- Marshaof mars the god; warlike; a form of marcia14 in the US (2017)
- Manishawisdom; intelligence; mental power3 in England and Wales (2025)
- Maisa13 in England and Wales (2025)
- Meisha5 in the US (2017)
Other names that mean life
Like Maisha, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Maisha
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