Laquisha
Feminine
The qu in this name writes a k sound that English would normally spell with a k. That combination comes from Latin by way of French and is rare in English outside borrowed words — which is precisely why it turns up in a name that wanted to look unlike anything else on the page.
How old is the name Laquisha?
Laquisha first appears in US birth records in 1969 — 56 years ago. The typical Laquisha alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 2,700 people named Laquisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Laquisha most popular?
Laquisha peaked in 1991, reaching #1039 nationally. See the whole 1991 chart.
Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
The story of Laquisha
English has three ways of writing this sound — k, c and qu — and they are not interchangeable in ordinary words: qu is restricted to a small set of Latin borrowings and always carries a w sound after it. A name that uses it without the w is doing something English words do not do, and that is the point. American naming from the nineteen-sixties onward used spelling as a way of marking a name as distinctive, and the letters chosen were often ones the language reserved for something else. Laquisha is among the longest names the system produced and one of the most heavily spelled.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The name was assembled from a detachable front and a productive ending, neither of which carries a sense here. The qu is a spelling decision rather than an inherited letter.
Pronouncing Laquisha
luh-KEE-shuh
Three syllables with the weight in the middle. The qu is said as a plain k, with no w after it.
Nicknames for Laquisha
Moderate
What the data says
146 years of official birth records
The long climb, and where it stands now
The same years in position rather than babies
- First recorded
- 1969
- Most girls named
- 1991176 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1039reached in 1991
- Change vs 2006
- −16.7%5 in 2011, from 6
Rank is a position, a count is a headcount, and they move independently — a name can hold its rank while the number of babies behind it falls. Source: U.S. Social Security Administration.
Laquishas among us
people named Laquisha are estimated to be alive in the US today
Estimated from SSA birth records and published actuarial life tables. Method
Is it right for you
Questions parents actually ask
Fashion outlook
Laquisha sits outside the current charts, and that is its own kind of answer: naming cycles can only date the names they carried up. A name this rare has no decade stamped on it — it cannot go out of fashion, because it was never in.
Based on 146 years of naming cycles. How we read them
The trade-off
- The stress in the middle gives it a lift most English names of its length do not have.
- Quisha works as a short form and stands alone as a name.
- The spelling is distinctive at a glance, which was the intention.
- The qu invites a w sound the name does not have, so it will be mispronounced on sight.
- Lakisha, Lakeisha and Laquisha are all in the record and will be confused.
- It reads clearly as a name of the second half of the twentieth century.
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Frequently asked
- How many Laquishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 2,700 people named Laquisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Laquisha in 2025?
- Laquisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Laquisha with classmates?
- Laquisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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