Alisha (Arabic: علیشا Romanized: 'Alīshā) is

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of the female

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Alicia, 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

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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) Alisha Ann Itkin (born April 16, 1968) is an American freestyle and dance-pop singer who had several club hits in the 1980s and 1990s. Early life and career Alisha was born on April 16, 1968, in Brooklyn, New York City. At age 8, she began re ...

, American singer *

Alisha Boe Alisha Ilhaan Bø (born March 6, 1997), known professionally as Alisha Boe, is a United States–based actress. She is known for playing Jessica Davis in the Netflix drama series ''13 Reasons Why''. Early life Boe was born in Oslo, Norway, to ...

(born 1997), Norwegian actress *

Alysha Boekhoudt Alysha Boekhoudt (born September 19, 1993) is an Aruban model and beauty pageant titleholder who was crowned Miss Aruba 2015 and represented Aruba at the Miss Universe 2015 pageant. Personal life Miss Aruba 2015 On August 23, 2015, Alysha Boe ...

(born 1993), Aruban model * Alysha Brilla (born 1988), Canadian musician *

Alysha Burnett Alysha Burnett (born 4 January 1997) is an Australian athlete competing in the heptathlon. She won a silver medal at the 2017 Summer Universiade. International competitions Personal bests Outdoor *200 metres – 25.51 (+1.2 m/s, Sydney 2 ...

(born 1997), Australian athlete *

Alisha Butchers Alisha Butchers (born 14 June 1997) is a Welsh rugby union player who plays flanker for Bristol Bears Women and the Wales women's national rugby union team. She made her debut for the Wales rugby union team in 2016 and has played in 29 matches fo ...

(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 Alisha Chinai (born 18 March 1965) is an Indian pop singer known for her Indi-pop albums as well as Music of Bollywood, playback singing in Hindi cinema. She began her singing career with the album ''Jadoo'' in 1985, and by the 1990s she had bec ...

(born 1965), Indian pop singer *

Alysha Clark Alysha Angelica Clark (born July 7, 1987) is an American-Israeli professional basketball player for the Washington Mystics of the Women's National Basketball Association (WNBA). She was drafted in the second round of the 2010 WNBA draft by the S ...

(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 (born 1994), Canadian Olympic athlete

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Notable people with this name

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