Tarsha
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — two syllables.
Babies a year
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no recent records
Rarity
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among names in use
US popularity
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outside the top 1000
UK popularity
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outside the ONS list
Tarsha by the numbers
Its American peak was 246 babies in 1974, making it a 1970s name.
What we can tell you about Tarsha
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 Tarsha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Tashaborn on Christmas; a form of Natasha26 in the US (2017)
- Taisha7 in the US (2017)
- Tanishaambition or desire; a form of Tanvi12 in England and Wales (2025)
- Tasiaresurrection; a form of Anastasia25 in the US (2017)
- Tarahstar; a form of Tara16 in the US (2017)
- Tashigood fortune; auspicious3 in England and Wales (2025)
Names about as common as Tarsha
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