Aisha (given name)

Aisha
ʾĀisha عائشة
ʾAīsha عائشة
Pronunciationعائشة (ʾĀisha): Arabic: [ˈʔaː.i.sha]
عائشة (ʾAīsha): Arabic: [ʔa.ˈiː.sha]
GenderFemale
Origin
Word/nameArabic
Meaningعائشة (ʾĀisha): life
عائشة (ʾAīsha): womanly
Other names
Related namesAishah, Aishat, Aishas, Aiisha, Aishaa, Aysha, Ayshat, Ayshee, Ayshe, Aiishee, Aishee, Aiishan

Aisha (Arabic: عائشة, romanized: ʿĀʾishah, lit. 'life' or 'womanly'; also spelled A'aisha, A'isha, Aischa, Aische, Aishah, Aishat, Aishath, Aicha, Aïcha, Aisya, Aisyah, Aiša, Ajša, Aixa, Ayesha, Aysha, Ayşe, Ayisha, or Iesha) is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Aisha, the third wife of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and is a very popular name among Muslim women.

Ayesha and Aisha are common variant spelling in the Arab World and among American Muslim women in the United States, where it was ranked 2,020 out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 US Census.[1] The name Ayesha was briefly popular among English-speakers after it appeared in the book She by Rider Haggard.[2]

Given name

Aisha

Fictional characters

Aishah

Aicha

Aixa

Aesha

Ayesha

Ayşe

Aishath

Aische

See also

References

  1. ^ List of female first names from the United States Census Bureau
  2. ^ Haggard, H. Rider (Henry Rider), 1856-1925. (1991). She. Karlin, Daniel, 1953-. Oxford: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-282767-7. OCLC 21334548.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link) CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)