Kisha

KEE-sha'KEE-sha'2 syllables
🇰🇪Swahili
Charismatic

MEANING

Favorite

ORIGIN

African

ETYMOLOGY

Derived from 'Keshia', a Swahili name meaning 'favorite' or 'precious'.

CULTURAL NOTES

Often used in African-American communities.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Popularized in the 1970s in the United States.

🇮🇱Hebrew
Soft

MEANING

Cassia

ORIGIN

Hebrew

ETYMOLOGY

A variant of Kezia, meaning 'cassia tree'.

CULTURAL NOTES

Kezia is mentioned in the Bible as one of Job's daughters.

HISTORICAL CONTEXT

Used in biblical contexts as a name derived from a spice.

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