A'isha (name)
| A'isha | |
|---|---|
| Pronunciation |
Arabic: [ʕɑːˈiːʃɐ], Turkish: [ɑjʃe]. |
| Gender | Female |
| Language(s) | Arabic |
| Origin | |
| Meaning | She who lives |
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A'isha (Arabic: عائشة, Āʾisha; also spelled Aisha, Aishah, Aicha, Aishat, Aisya, Aisyah, Ayşe, Aiša, Ajša, Aïcha, or Ayesha) is an Arabic female given name which means "She who lives" or "womanly".
Ayesha is a common variant spelling in the Arab World and countries with a high population of Sunni Muslims such as the United States, where it was ranked 2,020 out of 4,275 for females of all ages in the 1990 US Census.[1] The name Ayesha was briefly popular among English-speakers after it appeared in the book She by Rider Haggard.
Given name
- Aicha Mezmat, Algerian volleyball player
- Aïchatou Mindaoudou, politician of Niger
Aisha
- Aisha Sultan Begum, first wife of the Mughal Emperor Babur
- Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein, the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan
- A'isha bint Talhah, daughter of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah
- Aisha (reggae singer), English female singer
- Aisha Abd al-Rahman, Egyptian author
- Aisha Hinds, American television and film actress
- Aisha Kahlil, African American female singer
- Aisha Syed Castro, Dominican Republic musician
- Aisha Tyler, American comedian and actress
- Aisha, a wife of Muhammad
Aishah
- Aishah Azmi, British woman known for Islamic dress controversy
- Aishah Sinclair, Malaysian actor
Ayesha
- Ayesha Al-Taymuriyya, Egyptian author
- Ayesha Dharker, British actress
- Ayesha Faridi, anchor for the Indian business news channel CNBC TV18
- Ayesha Gaddafi, daughter of Muammar Gaddafi
- Ayesha Jalal a Pakistani-American sociologist and historian
- Ayesha Jhulka, Bollywood actress
- Ayesha Kapoor, Indian film actress
- Ayesha Khan, Pakistani actress
- Ayesha Omar, Pakistani actress/singer
- Ayesha Quraishi, Swedish performance artist
- Ayesha Sana, Pakistani actress
- Ayesha Siddiqa, Pakistani security analyst and strategic affairs columnist
- Ayesha Takia (born 1986), Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies
- DJ Ayesha, disk jockey and TV presenter
Ayşe
- Ayşe Arman, Turkish journalist and author
- Ayşe Cora (born 1993), Turkish basketball player
- Ayşe Erzan (born 1949), Turkish theoretical physicist
- Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (1479–1534), Ottoman sultan Selim I's wife and the mother of Süleyman the Magnificent
- Ayşe Hatun (born 1510), the wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II and the mother of Sultan Selim I
- Ayşe Hatun Önal (born 1978), Turkish model, actress, singer and Miss Turkey 1999
- Ayşe Kulin (born 1941), Turkish novelist
- Ayşe Melis Gürkaynak (born 1990), Turkish volleyball player
- Ayşe Önal (born 1955), Turkish journalist and writer
- Ayşe Önal (footballer) (born 1996), Turkish footballer
- Ayşe Ören (born 1980), Turkish designer and sculptor
- Ayşe Sine (1761–1828), the wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I and the mother of Mustafa IV
- Ayşe Şan, Kurdish singer
Surname
- Bibi Ayesha, female warlord in Afghanistan
See also
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