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Aisha

Aisha: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“alive, living”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
eye-EE-shuh · 3 syllables
Used for
Girls

From Arabic ʿĀʾishah, famously borne by Aisha, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad. The name comes from the root for 'live'.

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How popular is Aisha?

2024270 per million US babies
1880192019602000
Drag the line or the slider to read any year. Values are per million US births recorded by Social Security. Records before about 1937 undercount births, so early peaks can look taller than they were.

Babies named Aisha in 2024900

2024 rank#346 girls

Peak year1977

Total US babies since 188026,048

Aisha is rising: use over the last five years is 1.6× what it was a decade earlier.

Names like Aisha

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Ishalord; ruler · Sanskrit
  • Aizaalive; prosperous · Arabic
  • Lakishamodern form of Keisha with La- prefix · American (modern coinage)
  • Ieshaliving, prosperous · Arabic
  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic

Aisha questions

What does the name Aisha mean?

Aisha means "alive, living". It comes from Arabic. From Arabic ʿĀʾishah, famously borne by Aisha, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad. The name comes from the root for 'live'.

Is Aisha a boy or girl name?

Aisha is mainly a girl's name in US records (100% of uses since 1880).

How popular is Aisha?

900 US babies were named Aisha in 2024. Its peak year was 1977.

How do you pronounce Aisha?

Aisha is usually pronounced eye-EE-shuh.

Birth counts: US Social Security Administration national data, 1880–2024 (names given to 5+ babies of a sex in a year). How we write meanings.