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Aysha

Aysha: name meaning, origin & popularity

Meaning
“alive, living”
Origin
Arabic
Say it
EYE-shuh · 2 syllables
Used for
Girls

Variant transliteration of Aisha, from Arabic ʿĀʾishah. Best known as the name of Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

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How popular is Aysha?

202446.0 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 Aysha in 2024153

2024 rank#1,439 girls

Peak year2024

Total US babies since 18803,077

Aysha has been fairly stable over the last fifteen years.

Names like Aysha

Variants, related forms and names with the same roots.

  • Laylanight · Arabic
  • Lylanight · Arabic
  • Aaliyahexalted, rising · Arabic
  • Amiraprincess; commander · Arabic
  • Lilahnight · Arabic
  • Lilanight · Arabic
  • Nylaattainer; successful · Arabic
  • Zarablooming flower · Arabic

Aysha questions

What does the name Aysha mean?

Aysha means "alive, living". It comes from Arabic. Variant transliteration of Aisha, from Arabic ʿĀʾishah. Best known as the name of Aisha, wife of the Prophet Muhammad.

Is Aysha a boy or girl name?

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

How popular is Aysha?

153 US babies were named Aysha in 2024. Its peak year was 2024.

How do you pronounce Aysha?

Aysha is usually pronounced EYE-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.