Given name
Aïcha
“alive”
Aïcha is a feminine given name from Arabic. It is used in French.
Meaning & origin
What it means
Aïcha goes back to Arabic عَائِشَة, meaning “alive.”
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
Aïcha’s family of names
In French usage, Aïcha has a conventional equivalent in the English form Aisha. In French usage, Aïcha has a conventional equivalent in 3aycha. In French usage, Aïcha has a conventional equivalent in عيشة.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aïcha has relatives in 3 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
4 related names in 3 languages. Point at a dot, or tab to the map and use the arrow keys.
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 5
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
People named Aïcha
- Aïcha ChennaMoroccan social worker and women's rights advocate (1941–2022)
- AixaNasrid dynasty member1450–1493
- Aïcha Ben AhmedTunisian actressborn 1989
- Aïcha LemsineAlgerian writer women's rights activistborn 1942
- Aïcha Borofilm director and screenwriter (1978–) from France/Burkina Faso
- Aïcha Mohamed RoblehDjiboutian writer (born 1965)
- Aïcha ThiamBelgian film directorborn 1979
- Aïcha Bah DialloGuinean politicianborn 1942
- Aïcha CámaraSpanish association football player (born 2006)
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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