Risha
A girls’ name of Sanskrit origin, meaning feather or plume; light and delicate.
Risha by the numbers
In 2025, 10 babies in England and Wales were named Risha. In the US, 26 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given noticeably more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 56 babies in 1979, making it a 1970s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Risha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean gentleness
Like Risha, each of these has gentleness in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
- Leahweary; also delicate5,168 in the US (2017)
- Alicenoble, of noble kind825 in England and Wales (2025)
- Delilahdelicate, languishing1,180 in England and Wales (2025)
- Milliegentle strength; from Millicent or Amelia1,080 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alisonnoble kind; a form of Alice812 in the US (2017)
- Almanourishing, kind222 in England and Wales (2025)
Other names that mean light
Like Risha, each of these has light in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Risha
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