A'isha (name)

A'isha
Pronunciation Arabic: [ʕɑːˈiːʃɐ],
Turkish: [ɑjʃe].
Gender Female
Language(s) Arabic
Origin
Meaning She who lives

A'isha (Arabic: عائشة, Āʾisha; also spelled A'aisha , Aisha, Aishah, Aicha, Aishat, Aisya, Aisyah, Ayşe, Aiša, Ajša, Aïcha, or Ayesha) is an Arabic female given name which means "She who lives" or "womanly".

Ayesha is a common variant spelling in the Arab World and countries with a high population of Sunni Muslims such as the United States, where it was ranked 2,020 out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 US Census.[1] The name Ayesha was briefly popular among English-speakers after it appeared in the book She by Rider Haggard.

Given name

Aisha

Aishah

Ayesha

Ayşe

Surname

See also

References

  1. List of female first names from the United States Census Bureau
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