Talisha as a Baby Name. Meaning and Origin of Talisha

What is the meaning of the name Talisha ?

The baby name Talisha is a girl name , 3 syllables long and is pronounced tuh-LEE-shuh.

Talisha is African American, English, Germanic, Latin, Old French in Origin.

Talisha is best explained as a modern English given name, probably formed from the productive prefix Ta- plus Lisha. Lisha is an English short form of Alicia and Felicia: Alicia is a Latinized form of Alice, from Old French Aalis and Germanic Adalhaidis, built from adal, noble, and haid, kind or sort; Felicia rests on Latin felix, fortunate or successful. As a compound, Talisha has no single ancient literal sense, but carries those source-name meanings.

Use is chiefly American. SSA data first records Talisha for girls in 1967, rising through the 1970s and peaking in 1989; after the 1990s it became rare. The African American association is supported by its fit with 1970s–1990s Black American naming patterns: HowStuffWorks describes coined names using prefixes such as La-, Sha-, and Ty- with -isha, while NBER research on nber.org documents that same-era rise of distinctively Black given names.