Meaning & origin
A reliable meaning for Aixa isn’t established in our sources yet. Rather than guess, we show what is recorded: how the name is used, how often, and the names it’s connected to.
The story
Published U.S. birth records include this spelling as early as 1958. This is the earliest published observation available here, rather than a date for the name’s origin.
From dated birth records
Aixa through the years
- Babies since 1880
- 1,127
- 0 boys · 1,127 girls
- Most popular year
- 2007
- 65 babies
- 2025
- 12
- #8,383 for girls
- 2021–25 vs 2016–20
- −11%
- Easing
By the numbers
In 2025, this name appeared in 12 U.S. birth records for girls, ranking No. 8,383 among girls’ names. Average annual use for girls was 10.8% lower in 2021–2025 than in 2016–2020. Its largest published annual count for girls was 65 in 2007. Published U.S. population figures for this spelling include 1,753 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.
Aixa’s family of names
In Portuguese usage, Aixa has a conventional equivalent in the English form Aisha.
Inner ring: spellings · outer: across languages.
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 Aixa
Listed by how widely each person is written about, which says nothing about the name itself.
Similar names
If you love Aixa, these share its style, era, origin or sound, from outside its own family.
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“resembling a bird of prey”
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Aliya
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Janiyah
“a lively woman; one who gives life”
>99% girls
Alyssa
“noble” · “kind”
>99% girls