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Girl · Modern American coinage
Tanisha
Say it: tah-NEE-shah
Meaning
Sometimes said to be Hausa for 'born on Monday', but this is not well supported; most likely an American coinage blending Ta- with -nisha.
Disputedsharp disagreement, or a popular meaning that is not supported.
Popular in the 1970s and 1980s.
Its wave through time
A fashion of the 1970s
In the United States
- 19,258 babies given this name since 1967
- At its height in 1977, about 1 in 2,100 girls
- 24 babies in 2020
Through the ages
Used by
The family of the name
Other spellings: Taneisha, Tenisha
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Where this comes from
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
- Modern use, as a recently created name
- United States Social Security birth records, 1880 to today source
Meanings and histories are compiled from the study of names and their languages and checked by a second review.
Meanings and histories are drawn from the study of names and their languages, each with a confidence rating; popularity figures come from official birth records. Name histories are a living field: if you know of a correction, we would be glad to hear it.