Aisha: meaning and origin

عائشة

Meaning
Alive, living well
Arabic
عائشة
Say it
AA-'i-sha
Gender
Girl
Origin
Arabic
In the Quran
Not in the Quran

Famous people with this name

  • Aisha bint Abi Bakr, wife of the Prophet and one of the great scholars of the first Muslims

Other spellings

Aishah, Ayesha, Aïcha, Aicha, Ayşe, Aisyah, Aixa

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Questions about Aisha

What does Aisha mean?

Aisha means: Alive, living well.

Is Aisha in the Quran?

No. But a name does not need to be in the Quran to be a good Muslim name: what matters is that its meaning is good.

Is Aisha a boy’s or a girl’s name?

Aisha is a girl’s name.

How do you write Aisha in Arabic?

In Arabic script, Aisha is written عائشة.

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