Aishah

Spellings & scripts●

Locally spelled Aisha in US United States, NG Nigeria, BR Brazil and 12 more, Aicha in FR France, ES Spain, MA Morocco and 1 more, Aysha in BD Bangladesh, IN India, PK Pakistan and Айша in RU Russia, KG Kyrgyzstan.

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 9 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◐

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

• Urdu given name2.8K records spelled Aishah7 spellings in the group

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

  Languages: Urdu, Hindi, Bangla

  Also written A'Ishah, Áìshãh, Äishäh

• Swahili given name1.6K records spelled Aishah2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia, United States, Nigeria, Kenya

  Also written Āishah

• Burmese given name120 records spelled Aishah2 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Malaysia

  Also written Aïshah

43 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●

Aishah is also recorded in 3 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In Arabic, Arabic name of the Prophet Muhammad’s wife ʿĀ’ishah.

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• In Arabic, alive, well; name of the Prophet’s wife Aisha

  as a name·African Muslim Names

• ur prosperous;

  as a name·Muslim baby names (our 2,000 meaningful and beautiful names for boys and girls) English-Urdu with Roman

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●

US SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) — 60 years between 1963–2025. One register's own figures, never a sum across registers: two registers counting the same people would double them.

Notable people with this name●

• Ayşe Hatunb. 1453TRnot in their usual nameConcubine of Ottoman Sultan
• Ayşe Hatunb. 1476UAnot in their usual nameConsorte di Selim I
• Ayşe Hafsa Sultanb. 1479TRnot in their usual nameFirst Valide Sultan of the Ottoman Empire from 1520 to 1534
• Leyla Gencerb. 1928TRnot in their usual nameTurkish opera singer (1924–2008)
• Ayşe Kulinb. 1941TRnot in their usual nameTurkish novelist (born 1941)
• Ajda Pekkanb. 1946TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor and singer (born 1946)
• Ayşe Erzanb. 1949TRnot in their usual nameTurkish physicist (born 1949)
• Ayşe Polatb. 1970TRnot in their usual nameTurkish-German film director and writer (born 1970)
• Ayşe Hatun Önalb. 1978TRnot in their usual nameTurkish fashion model and singer (born 1978)
• Melisa Sözenb. 1985TRnot in their usual nameTurkish actor (born 1985)

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 · 157 rows in the corpus for this spelling.

Frequently asked questions

How common is the name Aishah?

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

In which country does Aishah have the most bearers?

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

How common is Aishah compared with other names?

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

Is Aishah a male or female name?

Aishah 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 Aishah mean?

Recorded meaning: Name given to Sandra's daughter; Aishah 16X is the Nation of Islam form.