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The name Taneesha is used by Indians (as in India), but I do not know of a Sanskrit (which it sounds like) meaning for the word. The tan- bit sounds promising: from a verbal root meaning to diffuse like light, stretch like a cord, or bend like a bow, we get a word from rope (and another for generations, etc.) which, in turn, gives `thin like a rope' whence slim, beautiful body, or, more generally, just body. Roots with beauty in them are prime resources for name formation.

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There are similar sounding construction in Maneesha which from man, to cogitate, means reflection or conception. Whether a similar construct from tan is possible in some modern Indian language, I would not know.