Markisha
Feminine
Markisha and Markeisha differ in a letter that neither of them says. The e sits in an unstressed position where English reduces every vowel to the same colorless sound, so the two spellings are identical in the mouth and are counted as separate names in the record.
How old is the name Markisha?
Markisha first appears in US birth records in 1972 — 53 years ago. The typical Markisha alive today was born around 1987, making them about 38 years old. About 1,100 people named Markisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
When was the name Markisha most popular?
Markisha peaked in 1979, reaching #1661 nationally. See the whole 1979 chart.
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Where it comes from
Origin, sound and short forms
Our story of Markisha
The saint at the front of this name is on more buildings than almost any other. Venice took him as its patron, put his winged lion on its flag, and then carved that lion onto every fortress, gate, customs house and church in every place the republic ever controlled: the Dalmatian coast, the Greek islands, Cyprus, Crete, the Aegean ports. Travelers still find them on walls in towns that have not been Venetian for five hundred years. It was a territorial marker as much as a devotion, and it worked; the lion is the most widely distributed piece of medieval branding in the Mediterranean, and it all rests on two merchants having stolen a body from Alexandria.
Meaningnot established
Not established
The front is a man's name kept whole and the ending is American naming material with no source. The compound has no meaning of its own; what it has is a structure, an honor-name built by attaching an ending to a father's or grandfather's name, which is legible to anybody who knows the tradition.
Pronouncing Markisha
mar-KEE-shuh
Three syllables with the stress in the middle. The k belongs to both halves at once, which is why the seam is invisible; nothing in speech says where the name divides.
Nicknames for Markisha
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
- 1972
- Most girls named
- 197967 — the highest on record
- Peak rank
- #1661reached in 1979
- Change vs 2006
- −40.0%6 in 2007, from 10
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.
Markishas among us
people named Markisha 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
Markisha 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 rhythm is the settled American one and the name sounds established.
- Kisha is a complete, current short form sitting in the back half.
- Every sound in it is ordinary English and it is never mispronounced twice.
- Markeisha and Marquisha both exist for the same sound, so spelling it out is permanent.
- It is closely dated to one American generation.
- There is no meaning to give a child, only a structure to describe.
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Frequently asked
- How many Markishas are there in the world?
- No country counts the world's names, so there is no worldwide figure — anyone quoting one is estimating. About 1,100 people named Markisha are estimated to be alive in the US today.
- How popular is the name Markisha in 2025?
- Markisha is rarely given in the US today — it does not rank in the top 2000 girl names.
- Will my child share the name Markisha with classmates?
- Markisha will almost certainly be the only one in school.
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