Aisha (given name)


Aisha is an Arabic female given name. It originated from Aisha, the third wife of the Islamic prophet, Muhammad, and is a very popular name among Muslim women.
Ayesha and Aisha are common variant spelling in the Arab World and among American Muslim women in the United States, where it was ranked 2,020 out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 US Census. The name Ayesha was briefly popular among English-speakers after it appeared in the book She by Rider Haggard.
In Japan, Aisha is pronounced as 愛紗, 愛砂, 愛沙, etc., and in China, Aisha is pronounced as 艾莎.

Given name

Aisha

  • Aisha, Wife of Prophet Muhammad
  • Aisha , Latvian singer
  • Aisha , British singer
  • Aisha Abubakar, Nigerian politician
  • Aisha Abdurrahman Bewley, American writer and translator
  • Aisha al-Adawiya, American interfaith activist and founder of Women in Islam
  • Aisha Musa Ahmad, Sudanese singer
  • Aisha Ali, Maldivian actress
  • Aisha Ayensu, Ghanaian fashion designer
  • Aisha Babangida, Nigerian humanitarian leader
  • Princess Aisha bint Hussein, Jordanian royalty
  • Aisha Naluzze Batala, Ugandan lawyer and judge
  • Aisha Bowe, Bahamian-American aerospace engineer, founder, advocate, and entrepreneur
  • Aisha Braveboy, American politician and attorney
  • Aisha Buhari, Nigerian beauty therapist and former first lady of Nigeria
  • Aisha Ali Chopra, Indian singer, songwriter and contemporary dancer
  • Aisha Dew, American politician
  • Aisha Diori, African events director, community mobiliser, HIV/AIDS activist, educator, host, and has been named "Iconic Mother" in Ball culture.
  • Aisha Franz, German illustrator and comic book artist
  • Aisha Gurbanli, Azerbaijani judoka
  • Aisha Toussaint, Seychellois actress
  • Aisha Sultan Begum, first wife of the Mughal Emperor Babur
  • A'isha bint Talhah, daughter of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah
  • Aisha Abd al-Rahman, Egyptian author
  • Aisha Hinds, American television and film actress
  • Aisha Kahlil, American female singer
  • Aisha Labib, former First Lady of Egypt
  • Aisha Uqbah Malik, Pakistani former television and film actress
  • Aisha Odeh, Palestinian writer
  • Aisha bint Khalfan bin Jameel, Omani government minister
  • Aisha Chaudhary, Indian motivational speaker
  • Aisha Muhammed-Oyebode, Nigerian lawyer, entrepreneur, author, activist and philanthropist
  • Aisha Praught-Leer, American-Jamaican middle-distance runner
  • Aisha Rateb, Egyptian lawyer, politician, diplomat and academic
  • Aisha Syed Castro, Dominican Republic musician
  • Aisha Tyler, American television personality
  • Aisha Salaudeen, Nigerian multimedia journalist
  • Aisha Sharma, Indian actress and model
  • Aisha Stambouli, Venezuelan actress, singer and songwriter
  • Aisha Taymur, Egyptian social activist, poet, novelist, and feminist
  • Aisha Wahab, American politician
  • Aisha Yesufu, Nigerian political activist and businesswoman

    Fictional characters

  • Aisha, a character from Gundam SEED
  • Aisha Krishnam, a character from the anime Sky Girls
  • Aisha, a character in the Romancing SaGa video game
  • Aisha, a character in the Rumble Roses video game series
  • Aisha, a character from the Winx Club franchise
  • Aisha Campbell, a character portrayed by Karan Ashley in the 1990s action television series Mighty Morphin Power Rangers
  • Aisha Clan-Clan, a character from the anime Outlaw Star
  • Aisha Kapoor, a character portrayed by Sonam Kapoor in the 2010 film Aisha
  • Aisha Greyrat, a character from the light novel Mushoku Tensei
  • Ayesha, a name used by the Marvel Comics character Kismet

    Aishah

  • Aishah Sinclair, Malaysian actress
  • Wan Aishah Wan Ariffin, commonly known as 'Aishah', Malaysian singer and politician
  • *Aishah and The Fan Club, New Zealand-based band that Aishah had fronted

    Aicha

  • Princess Lalla Aicha of Morocco, Moroccan princess
  • Aicha Bassarewan, East Timorese politician
  • Aicha Coulibaly, Malian basketball player
  • Aicha Davis, American politician
  • Aicha Mezmat, Algerian volleyball player
  • Aïchatou Mindaoudou, politician of Niger
  • Aicha Ndour, Senegalese basketball player

    Ajša

  • Ajša Sivka, Slovenian basketball player

    Aixa

  • Aixa al-Horra, Sultanah consort of Granada

    Aesha

  • Aesha Ash, American ballet dancer and teacher
  • Aesha Mohammadzai, also known as Bibi Aisha, Afghan woman who fled from an abusive marriage
  • Aesha Waks, American actress

    Ayesha

  • Ayesha Al-Taymuriyya, Egyptian author
  • Ayesha Harruna Attah, Ghanaian writer
  • Ayesha Hazarika, Baroness Hazarika, Scottish broadcaster, journalist and political commentator
  • Ayesha Curry, Canadian-American actress and television personality
  • Ayesha Dharker, British actress
  • Ayesha Faridi, anchor for the Indian business news channel CNBC TV18
  • Ayesha Erotica, American record producer and singer
  • Ayesha Gaddafi, daughter of Muammar Gaddafi
  • Ayesha Jalal, Pakistani-American sociologist and historian
  • Ayesha Jhulka, Indian film actress
  • Ayesha Kapur, Indian film actress
  • Ayesha Omar, Pakistani actress and singer
  • Ayesha Quraishi, Botswana-born Swedish performer
  • Ayesha Rascoe, American journalist
  • Ayesha Saffar, Iranian narrator
  • Ayesha Sana, Pakistani actress
  • Ayesha Siddiqa, Pakistani security analyst and strategic affairs columnist
  • Ayesha Takia, Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies
  • Bibi Ayesha, warlord in Afghanistan also known as Commander Kaftar
  • Natalia Ayesha Grosvenor, Dowager Duchess of Westminster, British aristocrat, philanthropist and winemaker

    Ayşe

  • Ayşe Arman, Turkish journalist and author
  • Ayşe Beril Boyacı, Turkish judoka
  • Ayşe Begüm Onbaşı, Turkish aerobic gymnast
  • Ayşe Cora, Turkish basketball player
  • Ayşe Çürük, Turkish volleyball plsyer
  • Ayşe Erzan, Turkish theoretical physicist
  • Ayşe Hafsa Sultan, Ottoman sultan Selim I's concubine and the mother of Süleyman the Magnificent
  • Ayşe Hatun, Ottoman Sultan Selim I's consort
  • Ayşe Gülbahar Hatun, the concubine of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II and the mother of Sultan Selim I
  • Ayşe Hatun Önal, Turkish model, actress, singer and Miss Turkey 1999
  • Ayşe Kulin, Turkish novelist
  • Ayşe Kuru, Turkish women's footballer
  • Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak, Turkish volleyball player
  • Ayşe Önal, Turkish journalist and writer
  • Ayşe Ören, Turkish designer and sculptor
  • Ayşe Şahin, Turkish-American mathematician
  • Ayşe Seitmuratova, Uzbek Crimean Tatar civil rights activist
  • Ayşe Sezgin, Turkish diplomat and former ambassador
  • Ayşe Sineperver Sultan, the wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I and the mother of Mustafa IV
  • Ayşe Sinirlioğlu, Turkish diplomat and ambassador
  • Ayşe Şan, Kurdish singer
  • Ayşe Şekibe İnsel, Turkish farmer and politician
  • Ayşe Sultan - various Ottoman princesses
  • Ayşe Tekdal, Turkish race walker
  • Ayse Yigit, Belgian politician

    Aishath

  • Aishath Inaya, Maldivian singer
  • Aishath Rishmy, Maldivian actress
  • Aishath Sausan, Maldivian swimmer
  • Aishath Sajina, Maldivian swimmer

    Aische

  • Aische Pervers, German pornographic actress