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Lakisha - Origin and Meaning of the name

Meaning of the name Lakisha
 
 

 


The girl name Lakisha [ syll. la-kis-ha, lak-i-sha ] is pronounced LAEKah-SHah KEY. Lakisha has its origins in the Swahili language and it is used largely in English. Lakisha is a variant of Lakeisha (English).

Lakisha is unusual as a baby girl name. Its usage peaked modestly in 1977 with 0.070% of baby girls being named Lakisha. It had a ranking of #214 then. The baby name has dropped out of favor since then, and is of only sporadic use today. Among all girl names in its family, Lakisha was nevertheless the most widely used in 2007.

Baby names that sound like Lakisha include Lakeisha (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 Lakisha: L as in "lee (L.IY)" ; AE as in "at (AE.T)" ; K as in "key (K.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AH as in "hut (HH.AH.T)"


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