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What does Elisha mean?
Elisha as a girls' name (also used more regularly as boys' name Elisha) is of Hebrew origin, and the meaning of Elisha is "God is salvation". Use of Elisha as a feminine name is however more likely as a blend of Elise, Alicia, and related names.
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Variations
VARIANTS Eleasha, Eleisha, Elesha, Elicia, Ellisha
OTHER FORMS VIA ALICIA, ELISE Aleesha, Aleisha, Alesha▼, Aleshia, Alesia▼, Alica, Alieshea, Alisa▼, Alisha▼, Alishia, Alisia, Alissa▼, Alysa▼, Alysha▼, Alysia▼, Alyssa▼, Eliese, Elisa▲, Elisee, Elissa, Elisse, Elize, Ellissa, Elysa, Elyse▲, Elyssa▼, Leisha, Lesha
MASCULINE FORM Eli
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Elisha Jaylynn (E.J.), ..
How popular is Elisha?
Elisha is a very prominent first name for females (#1023 out of 4276, Top 24%) and also a very prominent last name for all people (#74164 out of 150436, Top 49%). (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Elisha was first listed in 1960-1969 and reached its top rank of #450 in the U.S. in the 1980s, and is presently at #1388. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2018)
Which version is better?
Popular varying forms of Elisha (#1388 IN RECENT RANKINGS) are Alyssa (#150), Elise (#176), Alicia (#391), Elisa (#457), Elyse (#692), Alisha (#957), Alisa (#1032), Alissa (#1182), Elissa (#1261), Aleesha, Leisha, Elyssa, Elicia, Alysa, Alysia, Alysha, Aleisha, Alisia, Alishia, Alica, Alesia, Aleshia, Alesha and Lesha. Other forms, like Elysa, are uncommon. Adoption of these relations of Elisha was widespread among parents 3 decades ago (ADOPTION OF 1.42%) and is now much less (ADOPTION 0.38%, ▼73%), with forms such as Alysha falling out of fashion. Elisa, Elyse and Elise are three of the more trendy girl names here.
Similar Names
Elisha is pronounced similarly to Aliosha, Alitia and Alyosha. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abisha, Aeisha, Alista, Amisha, Anisha, Ayisha, Brisha, Dalisha, Delisha, Editha, Eilis, Eilish, Eleisa, Elia▲, Eliana▲, Elice, Elida, Elidia, Eligia, Elika, Elina▲, Elinda, Eliora, Elis, Elisah, Elish, Elisia, Elissia, Elita, Elithia, Elitta, Eliza, Elizah, Elka, Ellga, Ellis▲, Elliza, Ellsa, Ellse, Ellsey, Ellyssa, Ellyza, Elois, Eloisa, Eloise▲, Eloisia, Elouisa, Eloysia, Elsa▼, Else, Elsee, Elsha, Elshe, Elssa, Elsy, Eltha, Elysse, Elyssia, Elyzza, Elza, Ihisha, Ilissa, Julisha, Kisha▼, Lisha, Melisha, Nisha, Olisa, Taisha, Teisha, Tisha▼ and Tyisha. These names tend to be less commonly used than Elisha.
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