Felisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- fuh-LEE-shuh
- Origin
- Latin
Felisha is a girls' name of Latin origin, meaning “lucky, happy”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Felisha mean?
Latin: variant of Felicia
“lucky, happy”
A spelling of Felicia, from Latin felix, 'lucky, happy'.
More on Wiktionary.
Is Felisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Felisha is a girls' name.
How popular is Felisha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1989, with 291 girls. It first appears in the records in 1953.
Half of all the girls named Felisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1978 and 1992, the years shaded on the chart below.
Felisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | 6 | #13,472 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 6 | #13,793 |
| 2018 | 5 | #15,677 |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 8 | #11,776 |
| 2015 | 5 | #16,413 |
| 2014 | 10 | #10,124 |
| 2013 | 10 | #10,230 |
| 2012 | 17 | #7,140 |
| 2011 | 15 | #7,779 |
| 2010 | 20 | #6,380 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 29 | #5,011 |
| 2007 | 23 | #5,891 |
| 2006 | 29 | #4,810 |
| 2005 | 25 | #5,109 |
| 2004 | 26 | #4,945 |
| 2003 | 34 | #3,942 |
| 2002 | 52 | #2,850 |
| 2001 | 54 | #2,736 |
| 2000 | 56 | #2,628 |
| 1999 | 62 | #2,365 |
| 1998 | 72 | #2,045 |
| 1997 | 84 | #1,782 |
| 1996 | 134 | #1,286 |
| 1995 | 147 | #1,166 |
| 1994 | 173 | #1,051 |
| 1993 | 218 | #886 |
| 1992 | 242 | #825 |
| 1991 | 259 | #788 |
| 1990 | 264 | #773 |
| 1989 | 291 | #692 |
| 1988 | 286 | #675 |
| 1987 | 271 | #680 |
| 1986 | 253 | #707 |
| 1985 | 236 | #732 |
| 1984 | 145 | #997 |
| 1983 | 112 | #1,169 |
| 1982 | 152 | #972 |
| 1981 | 138 | #1,036 |
| 1980 | 141 | #1,023 |
| 1979 | 156 | #942 |
| 1978 | 150 | #939 |
| 1977 | 190 | #789 |
| 1976 | 144 | #909 |
| 1975 | 150 | #886 |
| 1974 | 129 | #960 |
| 1973 | 107 | #1,074 |
| 1972 | 125 | #967 |
| 1971 | 95 | #1,194 |
| 1970 | 89 | #1,247 |
| 1969 | 71 | #1,355 |
| 1968 | 55 | #1,539 |
| 1967 | 59 | #1,441 |
| 1966 | 56 | #1,474 |
| 1965 | 39 | #1,829 |
| 1964 | 36 | #1,974 |
| 1963 | 22 | #2,618 |
| 1962 | 16 | #3,160 |
| 1961 | 25 | #2,410 |
| 1960 | 17 | #2,988 |
| 1959 | 15 | #3,103 |
| 1958 | 10 | #3,924 |
| 1957 | 9 | #4,201 |
| 1956 | 0 | – |
| 1955 | 6 | #5,207 |
| 1954 | 0 | – |
| 1953 | 7 | #4,594 |
Nicknames for Felisha
- Fel
Names like Felisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Amanda, Francesca, Miranda, Sabrina, Natasha, Samantha, Alyssa, Karina, Melissa, Jessica, Monica, Tiana
Names related to Felisha
More Latin names
Oliver, Olivia, Leo, Roman, Aurora, Emily, Florence, Mabel, Luna, Nora, Rosie, Emilia, Max, Nova, Lucy, Julian
Sources
Figures from Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Felisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/felisha, updated 20 October 2026.