Given name · Arabic
عائشة
“living”
عائشة is an Arabic feminine given name, written Aisha in English, with a meaning connected to living.
ArabicWritten in Arabic script, read right to left. In English: ʕāʔiša.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Its Arabic formation carries the sense “living.”
Where it comes from
This name has Arabic linguistic roots.
How it developed
The name comes from the feminine active participle of the Arabic verb عَاشَ, “to live.”
عائشة’s family of names
In Arabic usage, عائشة can be written in the Roman alphabet as ʕāʔiša. In Arabic usage, عائشة has a transliteration in ʕāʔiša.
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Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 9
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- Aishaequivalent
- Ashaequivalent
- Ayeshaequivalent
- Aichaequivalent
- Ayeeshaequivalent
- عائشہequivalent
- Aiszaequivalent
- Aisyahequivalent
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People named عائشة
- Ayesha TakiaIndian film actressborn 1986
- Ayesha JhulkaIndian film actressborn 1972
- Aisha HindsAmerican actressborn 1975
- Aisha Rateblawyer, politician and ambassador from Egypt (1928 – 2013)
- Ayesha KapurIndian-German actressborn 1994
- 'A'isha al-Ba'uniyyamedieval Arabic Sufi master and poet1455–1516
- Ayesha CurryCanadian actressborn 1989
- A'isha bint Talhaearly Islamic female Scholar700–719
- Ayesha JalalPakistani historianborn 1956
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