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 [ 3 syll. ai-(s)ha, ais-ha ] The girl name Aisha is pronounced as AY-IYSHAA KEY. Aisha is largely used in Arabic and English, and its origin is Arabic. Derived from the element 'a'isha' with the meaning alive. The name was borne by the third and favorite wife of the prophet Muhammad, Aisha bint Abu Bakr (613-78); known as the 'the mother of believers', she became an important political and religious figure after his death. Aisha consequently became one of the most popular Arab female names. The form Ayesha has appeared as the name of the powerful queen in the H. Rider Haggard novel She (1886), while the form Ayeisha is used especially by Afro Americans. The name Aisha is used to a great extent; it has 49 variants that are used in both English and other languages. English variants of Aisha include Aeisha, Aishah (used in Arabic too), Aisia (used in Arabic too), Asha (used in Arabic and Indian too), Ashia (used in Arabic too), Asia (used in Polish too), Ayasha (used in Arabic too), Ayeisha (used in Arabic too), Ayesha (used in Arabic too), Aysha (used in Arabic too), Ieashia, Ieeshia (used in Arabic too), Iesha (used in Arabic too), Ieshia (used in Arabic too), Ihisha, Miesha, Myesha (used in Arabic too), Myeshia (used in Arabic too), Myisha (used in Arabic too), Niesha, Taisha, Takisha, Teisha, Tiesha, Tinisha, Tyesha, Tyisha, Tynisha, and Yiesha (used in Arabic too). Other English forms include the spelling variants Aayshah, Aesha (used in Arabic and too), Aiesha (used in Arabic and too), Aishia, Ayisha (used in Arabic and too), and Ieesha (used in Arabic and too). Variants of Aisha used in other languages include Aicha (Arabic and French), Aichoucha (French), Aischa (German), Aishatu (Arabic), Aouicha (French), Ayeesa (Arabic), Ayeesah (Arabic), Ayeesha (Arabic), Ayisat (Arabic), Ayishah (Arabic), Ayse (Turkish), Ayshe (Turkish), Ieasha (Arabic), and Maisha (Swahili). See also the related form, Asha (African and English). Aisha is somewhat popular as a baby name for girls. The name grew in popularity during the 1970s; before that, it was of irregular use only. At the modest height of its usage in 1977, 0.094% of baby girls were named Aisha. Its ranking then was #175. The baby name has since experienced a fall in popularity. In 2008, its usage was 0.018% and its ranking #764. Within the group of girl names directly related to Aisha, Asia (English and Polish) was the most commonly used. In 2008, the name was twice as popular as Aisha. Baby names that sound like Aisha include Acacia (English), Acaysha (English), Agace (French), Agasha (Russian), Aichoucha (French), Aishia (English), Akako, Akaysha (English), Akiko (Japanese), Akiyo (Japanese), Akosia (Twi), Akuwa (Ewe), Allicia (English), Anneka (English, German, and Scandinavian), Annika (Dutch, Finnish, German, and Scandinavian), Annike (Dutch, German, and Scandinavian), Annikki (Finnish), Annukka (Finnish), Annushka (Russian), and Annuska (Hungarian and Russian). KEY: Pronunciation for Aisha: AY as in "hide (HH.AY.D)" ; IY as in "eat (IY.T)" ; SH as in "she (SH.IY)" ; AA as in "odd (AA.D)"   |
