Tonisha

A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three 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

Tonisha by the numbers

Its American peak was 138 babies in 1993, making it a 1990s name.

What we can tell you about Tonisha

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

  • Tanishaambition or desire; a form of Tanvi12 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Tenisha
  • Tanishiyoung woman, maiden9 in the US (2017)
  • Toniapriceless, worthy; a form of Antonia9 in the US (2017)
  • Tvishabrightness or radiance6 in England and Wales (2025)
  • Trisha30 in England and Wales (2025)

Names about as common as Tonisha

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