A'Ishah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
A'Ishah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does A'Ishah mean?
Arabic: spelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha bint Abi Bakr, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, was a major early source of hadith.
Meaning borrowed from Aisha. More on Wiktionary.
Is A'Ishah a girl's or a boy's name?
A'Ishah is a girls' name.
How popular is A'Ishah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2010, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named A'Ishah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2012, the years shaded on the chart below.
A'Ishah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 5 | #4,148 |
| 2020 | 0 | – |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 7 | #3,321 |
| 2013 | 3 | #6,003 |
| 2012 | 5 | #4,390 |
| 2011 | 3 | #6,007 |
| 2010 | 9 | #2,741 |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 4 | #4,742 |
| 2007 | 7 | #3,060 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 6 | #2,877 |
| 2002 | 5 | #3,047 |
| 2001 | 8 | #2,150 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 4 | #3,374 |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 1 | #5,110 |
Names like A'Ishah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aakifah, Farah, Aaliyah, Aaminah, Azeemah, Hibah, Umamah, Umaymah, Safia, Sumayyah, Samah, Ammarah
Names related to A'Ishah
Aisha, Aishah, Aaisha, Aaishah, Ayisha, A'Isha, Aiesha, Aiysha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Omar, Zahra, Hamza, Kairo
Sources
Figures from Baby names in England and Wales (Office for National Statistics), Babies' first names (National Records of Scotland) and Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “A'Ishah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/a'ishah, updated 20 October 2026.