Lamisa
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- la-MEE-sa
- Origin
- Arabic
- UK rank, 2025
- #5,990 for girls
Lamisa is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “touch, one who touches”. In 2025 it ranked 5,990th for girls in the UK (3 babies).
What does Lamisa mean?
Arabic: spelling of Lamisah; from the Arabic root l-m-s 'to touch'
“touch, one who touches”
Spelling of Lamisa, a name popular in Bangladesh and Pakistan, from the Arabic root for touch.
Meaning borrowed from Lamisah.
Is Lamisa a girl's or a boy's name?
Lamisa is a girls' name. In 2025, it was given to 3 girls in the UK. Too few boys were given it to be listed.
How popular is Lamisa in the UK?
- Rank in 2025
- 5,990th among girls
- Babies in 2025
- 3 about 1 in 93,000 girls
- Five-year trend
- Falling down 45% in five years
- Same name in a class
- under 1% chance among 15 girls
In 2025, 3 girls in the UK were named Lamisa, making it the 5,990th most popular name for girls. Its busiest year was 2018, with 8 girls.
Half of all the girls named Lamisa in the UK since 1996 were born between 2006 and 2018, the years shaded on the chart below.
Among girls in 2025, it was 5,925th in England and Wales.
Lamisa in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | #5,990 |
| 2024 | 3 | #5,966 |
| 2023 | 0 | – |
| 2022 | 7 | #3,347 |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 8 | #3,068 |
| 2017 | 7 | #3,395 |
| 2016 | 7 | #3,389 |
| 2015 | 6 | #3,777 |
| 2014 | 3 | #5,920 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 3 | #5,801 |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 6 | #3,280 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 3 | #4,789 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 3 | #4,284 |
| 2001 | 0 | – |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
Names like Lamisa
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Khadija, Abeeha, Hiba, Hafsa, Rahma, Rumaysa, Amira, Safiya, Zainab, Sumayyah
Names related to Lamisa
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Lamisa: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/lamisa, updated 20 October 2026.