Mahisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- mah-HEE-shah
- Origin
- Sanskrit
Mahisha is a girls' name of Sanskrit origin. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
Where does Mahisha come from?
Sanskrit
Is Mahisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Mahisha is a girls' name.
How popular is Mahisha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2005, with 11 girls.
Half of all the girls named Mahisha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2006, the years shaded on the chart below.
Mahisha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | #5,983 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 0 | – |
| 2007 | 3 | #5,415 |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 11 | #2,061 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 4 | #3,768 |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 4 | #3,399 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
| 1997 | 3 | #3,991 |
Names like Mahisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Alisha, Anisha, Isha, Radhika, Asha, Habiba, Samira, Faiza, Sasha, Sabiha, Priya, Aysha
Names related to Mahisha
More Sanskrit names
Maya, Bodhi, Arya, Lila, Arjun, Aarav, Rohan, Kali, Aryan, Opal, Arjan, Vihaan, Aadhya, Avyaan, Ishaan, Siya
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, “Mahisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/mahisha, updated 20 October 2026.