Aayesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
Aayesha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Aayesha mean?
Arabic: spelling of Ayesha, itself a spelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
Aisha, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad, was an important early scholar and transmitter of hadith.
Meaning borrowed from Ayesha. More on Wiktionary.
Is Aayesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Aayesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Aayesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2019, with 5 girls.
Aayesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 5 | #4,214 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 3 | #5,998 |
| 2016 | 0 | – |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 4 | #4,953 |
| 2012 | 0 | – |
| 2011 | 0 | – |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 0 | – |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 0 | – |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 0 | – |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Aayesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Abeeha, Afifa, Fatiha, Aisha, Amira, Aziza, Abeera, Habiba, Saliha, Umaima, Mahira, Aaliya
Names related to Aayesha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, 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, “Aayesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/aayesha, updated 20 October 2026.