Ieisha
- Gender
- Girl
- Say it
- eye-EE-sha
- Origin
- Arabic
Ieisha is a girls' name of Arabic origin, meaning “alive, living”. Too few babies were given it in the latest year to rank.
What does Ieisha mean?
Arabic: modern respelling of Aisha
“alive, living”
A modern respelling of Aisha, the Arabic name of one of the Prophet Muhammad's wives.
Is Ieisha a girl's or a boy's name?
Ieisha is a girls' name.
How popular is Ieisha in the US?
No girls in the US were given it in 2025, or too few to be listed. Its busiest year was 1991, with 118 girls. It first appears in the records in 1973.
Half of all the girls named Ieisha in the US since 1880 were born between 1983 and 1993, the years shaded on the chart below.
Ieisha in the US, year by year
| Year | Girls | Rank |
|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 6 | #14,172 |
| 2003 | 7 | #12,401 |
| 2002 | 9 | #10,240 |
| 2001 | 8 | #11,013 |
| 2000 | 8 | #10,738 |
| 1999 | 13 | #7,233 |
| 1998 | 13 | #7,099 |
| 1997 | 20 | #5,006 |
| 1996 | 29 | #3,718 |
| 1995 | 29 | #3,665 |
| 1994 | 35 | #3,229 |
| 1993 | 38 | #3,047 |
| 1992 | 71 | #1,942 |
| 1991 | 118 | #1,367 |
| 1990 | 36 | #3,073 |
| 1989 | 32 | #3,247 |
| 1988 | 19 | #4,491 |
| 1987 | 25 | #3,521 |
| 1986 | 27 | #3,275 |
| 1985 | 22 | #3,729 |
| 1984 | 25 | #3,328 |
| 1983 | 30 | #2,852 |
| 1982 | 28 | #3,092 |
| 1981 | 36 | #2,563 |
| 1980 | 21 | #3,718 |
| 1979 | 23 | #3,442 |
| 1978 | 18 | #3,924 |
| 1977 | 16 | #4,234 |
| 1976 | 12 | #4,903 |
| 1975 | 9 | #5,982 |
| 1974 | 10 | #5,359 |
| 1973 | 6 | #7,433 |
Names like Ieisha
Names given in the same years and the same naming tradition, with a similar sound.
Aisha Samira Khadija Amira Aziza Jamila Sasha Halima Alisha Aysha Sahara Naima
Names related to Ieisha
More Arabic names
Muhammad Layla Mohammed Lyla Mohammad Zara Aaliyah Amir Fatima Ali Yahya Zayn Omar Zahra Hamza Kairo
Sources
Figures from 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, “Ieisha: name meaning, origin and popularity”, https://www.nameling.co.uk/names/ieisha, updated 20 October 2026.