Alesha

Where Alesha comes from

One of the modern variations of Alicia.
— Wiktionary's entry for Alesha
  • Germanic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1959
    First appearance
    #6,245 among girls, 5 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Alesha Oreskovich born
    American model
  3. 1978
    Alesha Dixon born
    British singer, rapper and dancer
  4. 1984
    Peak, #629
    282 babies named Alesha — more than any year before or since.
  5. 1999
    The fade
    The first year with half the peak's births — down to #1,442.
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from the Germanic languages.
Namesakes
  • Alesha Dixon · British singer, rapper and dancer, born 1978
  • Alesha Oreskovich · American model, born 1972

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.