Keisha
Keisha is a girl name of Jamaican origin, meaning Joyful and favored.
What Keisha means
Joyful and favored.
Keisha sits at 6 letters, and ends on a vowel, which tends to make a name sound open and carry well when called across a room.
Where Keisha comes from
Jamaican names reflect a mix of English, African, and Spanish heritage, and the naming culture is notably inventive, favouring names created fresh within a family.
Keisha is recorded as Jamaican in origin. Browse other Jamaican names.
How popular is Keisha?
In the girl name rankings we track, Keisha falls outside the top 100. That puts it in the broad middle ground where most names live: familiar to those who know it, uncommon enough to still feel like a choice.
The character of Keisha
Two ideas meet in Keisha: Joy and Happy. Names carrying more than one theme tend to be the ones that suit a wider range of siblings.
Names like Keisha
These share Keisha's themes, origin, or both — closest first.
- Sachiko — Child of happiness.
- Allegra — Joyful and lively.
- Bliss — Perfect joy.
- Farah — Joy; happiness.
- Joy — Great happiness and delight.
- Makena — The happy one.
- Ayo — Joy.
- Tatum — Cheerful; brings joy.
- Thabo — Joy; happiness.
- Beatrice — She who brings happiness.
- Beatriz — She who brings joy.
- Emi — Beautiful blessing; smile.