Lakeisha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Lakeisha

What is the meaning of the name Lakeisha ?

The baby name Lakeisha is a Female name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced luh-KEE-shuh (IPA: /ləˈkiːʃə/).

Lakeisha is in Origin.

Lakeisha (often LaKeisha) is a modern African-American name formed by adding the prefix La- to Keisha. Keisha likely arose as a respelling of Aisha (Arabic “alive, living”) or as a short form of Keziah (Hebrew “cassia,” a spice tree). Accordingly, Lakeisha is interpreted as “alive” or “cassia,” depending on the root. Despite the spelling, it is unrelated to the English word lake.

The name surged in the United States from the late 1960s through the 1980s amid Afrocentric, creative naming that favored prefixes like La-, Le-, and Sha-. It peaked in the early 1980s - especially in African-American communities - and later declined but remains familiar. Variants include LaKeisha, Lakisha, Lakesha, Lakiesha, Lekeisha, Lekisha, and Lekeesha; related short forms are Keisha, Keesha, and Kesha.