Vanisha
A girls’ name with no widely documented etymology — three syllables, given to 6 babies a year in the US.
Vanisha by the numbers
Vanisha was given to 6 American babies in 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
Its American peak was 23 babies in 1994, making it a 1990s name.
What we can tell you about Vanisha
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 Vanisha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Vinishamodest, humble; a form of Vinita9 in the US (2017)
- Vanessabutterfly; invented by author James Barrie1,508 in the US (2017)
- Vaniagod's gracious gift; a form of Ivan78 in the US (2017)
- Vanesabutterfly; a form of vanessa8 in England and Wales (2025)
- Varsharain or rainy season8 in the US (2017)
- Vaniah6 in the US (2017)
Names about as common as Vanisha
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