Ayshia
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- EYE-shah
- Origin
- Arabic
Ayshia is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ayshia mean?
Arabic: variant of Aisha
“alive, living”
Variant of Aisha, the name of Aisha bint Abu Bakr, a wife of the Prophet Muhammad.
Is Ayshia a girl's or a boy's name?
Ayshia is a girls' name.
How popular is Ayshia in the UK?
No girls in the UK were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2000, with 5 girls.
Ayshia in the UK, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2009 | 5 | #4,141 |
| 2008 | 2 | #7,302 |
| 2007 | 0 | – |
| 2006 | 4 | #4,357 |
| 2005 | 0 | – |
| 2004 | 0 | – |
| 2003 | 0 | – |
| 2002 | 0 | – |
| 2001 | 3 | #4,156 |
| 2000 | 5 | #2,907 |
| 1999 | 0 | – |
| 1998 | 3 | #4,026 |
How popular is Ayshia in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 2002, with 21 girls. It first appears in the records in 1979.
Half of all the girls named Ayshia in the US since 1880 were born between 1994 and 2005, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ayshia in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | #16,507 |
| 2013 | 0 | – |
| 2012 | 7 | #13,477 |
| 2011 | 8 | #12,146 |
| 2010 | 15 | #7,877 |
| 2009 | 15 | #8,054 |
| 2008 | 10 | #10,802 |
| 2007 | 10 | #10,814 |
| 2006 | 8 | #12,415 |
| 2005 | 14 | #7,886 |
| 2004 | 9 | #10,684 |
| 2003 | 17 | #6,571 |
| 2002 | 21 | #5,440 |
| 2001 | 16 | #6,614 |
| 2000 | 16 | #6,481 |
| 1999 | 15 | #6,478 |
| 1998 | 17 | #5,794 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 12 | #7,125 |
| 1995 | 13 | #6,636 |
| 1994 | 9 | #8,798 |
| 1993 | 9 | #8,712 |
| 1992 | 16 | #5,711 |
| 1991 | 14 | #6,247 |
| 1990 | 10 | #7,874 |
| 1989 | 10 | #7,443 |
| 1988 | 0 | – |
| 1987 | 7 | #8,773 |
| 1986 | 0 | – |
| 1985 | 0 | – |
| 1984 | 0 | – |
| 1983 | 0 | – |
| 1982 | 0 | – |
| 1981 | 0 | – |
| 1980 | 5 | #10,390 |
| 1979 | 6 | #9,008 |
Names like Ayshia
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Safa, Aaliyah, Hiba, Zainab, Ayah, Faiza, Hafsa, Huda, Safia, Rahma, Safaa, Afia
Names related to Ayshia
Ayesha, Asiya, Aysha, Asiyah, Asha, Asia, Ayisha, Aysa, Asiah, Aysia
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), Baby names (Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency) and Popular Baby Names (US Social Security Administration). Nameling last updated them on 20 October 2026. How the figures are worked out, and the data to download.
To cite this page: Nameling, “Ayshia: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ayshia, updated 20 October 2026.