Given name
Aisha
“lively; womanly”
Aisha is used as a given name. One Arabic interpretation is “lively; womanly.”
Original Arabicعَائِشَة
Meaning & origin
What it means
One Arabic interpretation is “lively; womanly.”
Where it comes from
An origin associated with this spelling is Arabic.
How it developed
From Arabic عَائِشَة; its root is Arabic ع ي ش.
Adapted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0)
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1950. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aisha through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 26,960
- 27 boys · 26,933 girls
- Most popular year
- 1977
- 1,550 babies
- 2025
- 910
- #337 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- +35%
- Rising
Where it’s given
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 910 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 337 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 34.5% higher in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 1,540 in 1977. In 2025, New York had the largest reported state-level birth count for girls with this name (146). Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 23,439 as a first name in 2020.
From Social Security birth records and U.S. Census name counts for this exact spelling. Other spellings are counted separately.
Aisha’s family of names
In Bengali usage, Aisha has a nickname in হুমায়রা. Aisha has a related form in Asha. In English usage, Aisha has a related form in Ayesha.
Inner ring: spellings · middle: nicknames and forms · outer: across languages.
Around the world
Aisha has relatives in 41 languages. Lines run from its Arabic roots to each of them.
Arabicwhere Aisha comes from · 1 name
Nicknames & forms 42
Diminutives, pet forms, short forms and variants used alongside the name.
- Ashavariant
- Ayeshavariant · English
- Ayshavariant
- Aysavariant
- Aishahvariant
- Ayishavariant
- Aysiavariant
- Aeshavariant
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- Ashiavariant
- Aysevariant
- Aisavariant
- Ayishahvariant
- Ayeishavariant
- Ayeeshavariant
- Ashiahvariant
- Aisiavariant
- Aiyshavariant
- Aaishavariant
- Aeshiavariant
- Aishiavariant
- Aieshavariant
- Ieshavariant · English
- Ieeshavariant · English
- Aisshalikely variant
- হুমায়রাnickname · Bengali
- Ayskavariant
- Ayisahvariant
- Ayisavariant
- Ayeishahvariant
- Ayeisahvariant
- Ayeisavariant
- Ayeeshahvariant
- Ayeesahvariant
- Ayeesavariant
- Ashahvariant
- Aisiahvariant
- Aeshahvariant
- Aeeshahvariant
- Aeeshavariant
- Aischavariant
- Aheeshavariant
- Aieyshavariant
Spellings & scripts 1
The same name written differently, including transliterations into other scripts.
Across languages 40
Equivalents and cognates in other languages, plus older forms it grew from.
- عَائِشَةArabic
- Aichaequivalent
- AixaPortuguese
- Myisharelated form
- AjshaAlbanian
- 阿依莎Chinese
- AïchaFrench
- عائشةequivalent
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- ئائىشەUyghur
- عائشہUrdu
- AyşeTurkish
- ไอชาThai
- ఆయేషాTelugu
- ஆயிஷாTamil
- ОишаTajik
- Caa'ishaSomali
- عائشهsd, Pashto
- AjšaSerbo-Croatian
- АйшаRussian, Kazakh
- AișaRomanian
- ਅਈਸ਼ਾPunjabi
- AiszaPolish
- عایشهPersian
- अहीशाMarathi
- ഐഷMalayalam
- ആയിശMalayalam
- AisyahMalay, Indonesian
- ໄອຊາlo
- ಆಯಿಷಾKannada
- आयशाHindi
- עאישהHebrew
- A'ishatuHausa
- આયેશાGujarati
- AischeGerman
- აიშაGeorgian
- আয়েশাBengali
- AişəAzerbaijani
- ԱիշաArmenian
- عايشةarq
- አይሻAmharic
See also 1
Names our sources mention alongside this one. They are related in story or meaning, not forms of this name.
People named Aisha
- Aisha TylerAmerican actress, comedian, director, and talk show hostborn 1970
- Aisha Abd al-RahmanEgyptian author and professor of literature (1913-1998)
- Aisha TaymurEgyptian social activist1840–1902
- Aisha AyensuGhanaian award-winning fashion designerborn 1980
- Aisha YesufuNigerian social activistborn 1973
- Princess Aisha bint HusseinJordanian Royalborn 1968
- Aisha BuhariFirst Lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023born 1971
- Aisha Augie-KutaNigerian photographer and filmmakerborn 1980
- Aisha ChaudharyIndian author and motivational speaker1996–2015
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
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