Ayesha
A girls’ name of Arabic origin, meaning alive or living.
Ayesha by the numbers
In 2025, 204 babies in England and Wales were named Ayesha. In the US, 161 were, though that figure is from 2017, the most recent full year we hold.
For the size of the two countries, it is given several times more often in England and Wales than in the US.
Its American peak was 177 babies in 2016, making it a 2010s name.
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ayesha. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
- Ayshaalive and well; a form of aisha49 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aleshanoble; variant of alicia or alexa36 in the US (2017)
- Ayishaliving, alive; a form of Aisha4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Ayasha7 in the US (2017)
- Aishaalive; living; woman436 in England and Wales (2025)
- Alishanoble, exalted; a form of Alicia113 in England and Wales (2025)
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Other names that mean life
Like Ayesha, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
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