Alisha (Arabic: علیشا Romanized: 'Alīshā) is

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of the female

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Alicia Alicia may refer to: People * Alicia (given name), list of people with this name * Alisha (singer) (born 1968), US pop singer * Melinda Padovano (born 1987), a professional wrestler, known by her ring name, Alicia Places * Alicia, Bohol, Phi ...

, a variant of

Alice Alice may refer to: * Alice (name), most often a feminine given name, but also used as a surname Literature * Alice (''Alice's Adventures in Wonderland''), a character in books by Lewis Carroll * ''Alice'' series, children's and teen books by ...

, which comes from the

Old English Old English (, ), or Anglo-Saxon, is the earliest recorded form of the English language, spoken in England and southern and eastern Scotland in the early Middle Ages. It was brought to Great Britain by Anglo-Saxon settlement of Britain, Anglo ...

name Æthelhādas or Æðelhādas, meaning "noble natured" (noble of kind). Variant forms used by notable individuals include Alesha, Allysha and Alysha.

Notable people with this name

* Alisha (singer), American singer * Alisha Boe (born 1997), Norwegian actress * Alysha Boekhoudt (born 1993), Aruban model *

Alysha Brilla Alysha Brilla is a Canadian musician, songwriter, and music producer. Brilla's music career includes performances at WOMAD, Woodford Folk Festival and Montreal Jazz Festival. Her music focuses on themes of connection and healing. Born in Mississ ...

(born 1988), Canadian musician * Alysha Burnett (born 1997), Australian athlete * Alisha Butchers (born 1997), Welsh rugby player *

Allysha Chapman Allysha Lyn Chapman (born January 25, 1989) is a Canadian professional soccer player who plays as a left-back for National Women's Soccer League club Houston Dash and the Canada national team. College career Chapman played college soccer for ...

(born 1989), Canadian soccer player * Alisha Chinai (born 1965), Indian pop singer * Alysha Clark (born 1987), African-American professional basketball player *

Alesha Dixon Alesha Anjanette Dixon (born 7 October 1978) is an English singer, rapper, dancer, television personality, and author. She gained recognition in the early 2000s as a member of the R&B, garage and hip hop group Mis-Teeq. The group disbanded in ...

, English singer *

Alisha Edwards Alisha Maher (née Inacio; born January 7, 1987) is an American professional wrestler, currently signed to Impact Wrestling under the ring name Alisha Edwards (most frequently under the mononym Alisha). Professional wrestling career New England ...

(born 1987), American professional wrestler *

Allisha Gray Allisha Gray (born January 12, 1995) is an American professional basketball player for the Dallas Wings of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA) and Elitzur Ramla of Israel. She won a gold medal in Women's 3x3 basketball, at the 2 ...

(born 1995), American basketball player *

Alisha Kramer Thomas Jonathan Ossoff ( ; born February 16, 1987) is an American politician serving as the Seniority in the United States Senate, senior United States Senate, United States senator from Georgia (U.S. state), Georgia since 2021. A member of the ...

(born 1990), American physician and health activist *

Alysha Newman Alysha Eveline Newman (born 29 June 1994) is a Canadian track and field athlete who specializes in the pole vault. She competed at the 2016 and 2020 Olympic Games. Newman was the 2018 Commonwealth Games champion in the women's pole vault, where ...

(born 1994), Canadian Olympic athlete

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Notable people with this name

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