Ayeshah
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
Ayeshah is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ayeshah 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 Ayeshah a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayeshah is a girls' name.
How popular is Ayeshah in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 7 girls.
Half of all the girls named Ayeshah in the UK since 1996 were born between 2001 and 2011. It was already well used in 1996, when the records begin, so earlier girls aren't counted.
Ayeshah in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2019 | 3 | #5,804 |
| 2018 | 0 | – |
| 2017 | 0 | – |
| 2016 | 3 | #6,009 |
| 2015 | 5 | #4,294 |
| 2014 | 0 | – |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 1 | #7,881 |
| 2011 | 6 | #3,737 |
| 2010 | 3 | #5,938 |
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 3 | #5,772 |
| 2007 | 5 | #3,858 |
| 2006 | 3 | #5,259 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 7 | #2,574 |
| 2002 | 7 | #2,436 |
| 2001 | 4 | #3,427 |
| 2000 | 3 | #4,074 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 4 | #3,310 |
| 1997 | 4 | #3,345 |
| 1996 | 3 | #3,935 |
Names like Ayeshah
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aakifah, Farah, Azeemah, Hibah, Aaminah, Umamah, Umaymah, Samah, Safia, Afrah, Habiba, Ammarah
Names related to Ayeshah
More Arabic names
Muhammad, Layla, Mohammed, Lyla, Mohammad, Zara, Aaliyah, Amir, Amira, Fatima, Ali, Yahya, Zayn, Aisha, Omar, Zahra
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, “Ayeshah: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayeshah, updated 20 October 2026.