Ayeesha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
Ayeesha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ayeesha 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 Ayeesha a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayeesha is a girls' name.
How popular is Ayeesha in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2013, with 9 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ayeesha in the UK since 1996 were born between 2002 and 2013. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Ayeesha in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 3 | #5,929 |
| 2022 | 0 | – |
| 2021 | 0 | – |
| 2020 | 4 | #4,744 |
| 2019 | 0 | – |
| 2018 | 4 | #4,914 |
| 2017 | 5 | #4,250 |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 0 | – |
| 2014 | 4 | #4,888 |
| 2013 | 9 | #2,796 |
| 2012 | 6 | #3,881 |
| 2011 | 7 | #3,360 |
| 2010 | 0 | – |
| 2009 | 0 | – |
| 2008 | 1 | #7,383 |
| 2007 | 6 | #3,396 |
| 2006 | 7 | #2,940 |
| 2005 | 5 | #3,543 |
| 2004 | 6 | #2,957 |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 4 | #3,556 |
| 2001 | 5 | #2,928 |
| 2000 | 1 | #5,280 |
| 1999 | 6 | #2,559 |
| 1998 | 0 | – |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 4 | #3,289 |
Names like Ayeesha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Habiba, Safia, Aysha, Faiza, Areeba, Afifa, Abeeha, Saba, Sabiha, Humaira, Aaliyah, Fariha
Names related to Ayeesha
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra, Hamza
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, “Ayeesha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayeesha, updated 20 October 2026.