Ayse
A girls’ name of Turkish origin, meaning living, alive; Turkish form of Aisha.
Ayse by the numbers
In 2025, 9 babies in England and Wales were named Ayse. In the US, 12 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 24 babies in 2015, making it a 2010s name.
Other names that come from Aisha
Like Ayse, each of these traces back to Aisha: a form of it, a name built from it, or a son or daughter of it. Not always the same sex.
- Aishaalive; living; woman436 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aichaliving, alive; a form of Aisha49 in the US (2017)
- Aishahalive or living; a form of Aisha16 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aixaalive; well; variant of Aisha22 in the US (2017)
- Ayishaliving, alive; a form of Aisha4 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aaishaa form of Aisha; alive or prosperous10 in England and Wales (2025)
- Aishatalive; well; form of Aisha4 in England and Wales (2025)
Spelled almost the same
Other names in the records within a letter or two of Ayse. Close spellings are not always related names, but they are usually worth seeing together.
Other names that mean life
Like Ayse, each of these has life in its meaning. Different names, different histories, the same idea.
Names about as common as Ayse
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