Entry № 1143 · Arabic origin

Ayesha Ayesha — Meaning, Origin & Baby Name Popularity

/ ah-YEH-shah /
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
Meaning
"Living (Aisha wife of Prophet)"
Syllables
2
First recorded
Ancient

A name that means "living (aisha wife of prophet)".

Ayesha is from the Arabic ʿĀʾisha.

Living (Aisha wife of Prophet) — a Arabic name.

The name in its native script.

عائشة
Transliteration
ʿĀʾisha
Pronunciation
/ ɑːˈjɛ.ʃə /
Root
Grammatical form

Where Ayesha stands.

Ayesha does not currently appear in the US Social Security Administration's top 1,000 girls' names, so we don't publish a US rank or birth count for it. That says nothing about the name's standing elsewhere in the world — only that it sits outside the ranked US data we rely on.

Ayeshas before her.

Real people

In fiction
Aisha wife of Prophet / Battle of the Camel
Arabic living + Aisha bint Abu Bakr 613/614-678 youngest wife of Prophet Muhammad + ~2210 hadiths + Battle of the Camel 656 + Umm al-Muminin Mother of Believers
Islamic Sira

Names connected to Ayesha.

The number behind Ayesha.

5

The Seeker

In Pythagorean numerology the letters of Ayesha reduce to 5, The Seeker. This is a traditional interpretive system, not a factual claim about the name.