Aisha

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Aicha in FR France, ES Spain, MA Morocco and 1 more, Aysha in BD Bangladesh, IN India, PK Pakistan, Айша in RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan and Аиша in KZ Kazakhstan.

Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records; ○ marks a model's transliteration. Click a spelling to open its page.

Meaning & origin●

Attested across 8 languages in the etymology graph.

Languages●

Language is read off each record's context, not declared by the bearer; a share is of all records for this spelling.

Other names spelled this way◐

Aisha is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• a separate given name9.1K records spelled Aisha3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, India, United Kingdom, Nigeria

  Also written Aïsha, Ai͏̈sha

• Hebrew given name532 records spelled Aisha7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Israel, United States, India, Jordan

  Also written עאישה, Ayesha, Aysha, Aishah, Aysheh

• a separate given name310 records spelled Aisha7 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Tanzania, Malaysia, Norway

  Also written Aïsha, Åïšhà, Âîšhã, Aįshå, Ãïshå

40 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●

Aisha is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, living; Qur'anic/historical name of the Prophet's wife

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In English, A female given name from Arabic, most famously borne by Muhammad's third wife. Daughter of first caliph Abu Bakr.

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

• Life

  as a name·The book of African names

• She is life

  as a name·The book of African names

• Paradise

  as a name·The book of African names

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Over time●

IN naampy — India given names from state electoral rolls (in-rolls) — 92 years between 1917–2015. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Aishab. 605SAMuhammad's third wife (c. 613/614 – 678)
• Ayesha Al-Taymuriyyab. 1840EGnot in their usual nameEgyptian social activist
• Aisha Abd al-Rahmanb. 1913EGEgyptian author and professor of literature (1913-1998)
• Princess Aisha bint Al-Hussein of Jordanb. 1968JOJordanian Royal
• Aisha Tylerb. 1970USAmerican actress, comedian, director, and talk show host
• Aisha Buharib. 1971NGFirst Lady of Nigeria from 2015 to 2023
• Aisha Hindsb. 1975USAmerican actress
• Ayesha Gaddafib. 1976LYnot in their usual nameLibyan colonel and lawyer
• Ayesha Khanb. 1982PKnot in their usual namePakistani actress born 1982
• Aisha Deeb. 1993AUAustralian actress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

Evidence●

Register rows as of the 2026-09-12 data build · 1,042 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aisha?

We estimate roughly 191 thousand people bear Aisha (counting its spellings and scripts) across 6 countries in our records.

In which country does Aisha have the most bearers?

Aisha is most frequently recorded in Bangladesh, where it is most often spelled aysha.

How common is Aisha compared with other names?

In Bangladesh, Aisha is the 69th most common given name of 28,624 given names recorded there.

Is Aisha a male or female name?

Aisha is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

What does the name Aisha mean?

Recorded meaning: living, well-off, well-to-do, prosperous.