| The girl name Lakeisha [ syll. la-kei-(s)ha, lak-ei-sha ] is pronounced LEYK-AY-SHah KEY. Lakeisha's language of origin is Swahili and it is predominantly used in the English language. The meaning of Lakeisha is 'favorite one'. Derived literally from the word lakeisha meaning 'favourite'. The name could also have developed as a rhyming variant of Leticia. It is used commonly in the USA by Blacks. A variant of Lakeisha is Lakisha (English). Keisha (short form in English) is another variant of Lakeisha. Lakeisha is an unusual baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1978 with 0.050% of baby girls being given the name Lakeisha. It was #286 in rank then. The baby name has fallen from favor since then, and is of only sporadic use today. Among all girl names in its family, Lakeisha was nonetheless the most commonly used in 2007. Baby names that sound like Lakeisha include Lakisha (English), Lilias (Scottish), Louisa (English), Luisa (Italian, Portuguese, and Spanish), Luzia (German), Lacey (English), Laci (English), Lacie (English), Lacy (English), Lecia (English), Lexie (English), Lexus (English), Licia (English and Italian), Liesa (German), Lillias (Scottish), Lisa (Albanian, Dutch, English, French, German, and Italian), Lissa (English), Lissie (English), Lissy (English), Liza (English), Lizette (English), Lizzie (English), Lizzy (English), Lícia (Hungarian), Louise (English, French, and German), Luci (English), Lucia (English, German, Italian, Scandinavian, and Spanish), Lucie (English and French), Lucía (Spanish), Lucky (English), Lucy (English), Luigia (Italian), Lusia (German), Lexi (English), Lexy (English and Scottish), Lieke (Dutch), Liese (German), Lis (Scandinavian and English), Lise (French and German), Liss (English), Liz (English), Luce (English), Luise (German), Luz (Spanish), and Lys (Scandinavian). KEY: approx pronunciation for Lakeisha: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; EY as in "ate (EY.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"
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