A'isha (name)
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| A'isha | |
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| 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, Aicha, Ayşe, Aiša, Ajša, Aïcha, or Ayesha) is an Arabic female given name.
Ayesha is a common variant spelling in the Middle East and countries with a high population of 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.
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[edit] Given name
- Aisha, a wife of Muhammad
- Aisha (reggae singer), English female singer
- DJ Ayesha, a disk jockey and TV presenter
- Ayşe Arman, Turkish journalist and author
- Aishah Azmi, British woman known for Islamic dress controversy
- Aisha Syed Castro, Dominican Republic musician
- Ayesha Dharker, a British actress
- Ayesha Faridi, an anchor for the Indian business news channel CNBC TV18
- Ayesha Gaddafi, daughter of Muammar Gaddafi
- Princess Aisha bint Al Hussein, the sister of King Abdullah II of Jordan
- Aisha Kahlil, African American female singer
- Ayşe Hatun (b. 1510), the wife of Ottoman Sultan Bayezid II and the mother of Sultan Selim I
- Aisha Hinds, American television and film actress
- Ayesha Jalal a Pakistani-American sociologist and historian
- Ayesha Jhulka, a Bollywood actress
- Ayesha Kapoor, an Indian film actress
- Ayesha Khan, a Pakistani actress
- Ayşe Kulin, (born 1941) Turkish novelist
- Aicha Mezmat, Algerian volleyball player
- Aïchatou Mindaoudou, a politician of Niger
- Ayesha Omar, a Pakistani painter
- Aisha Abd al-Rahman, Egyptian author
- Ayşe Şan, Kurdish singer
- Ayesha Sana, a Pakistani actress
- Aishah Sinclair, Malaysian actor
- A'isha bint Talhah, daughter of the prominent Muslim general Talha ibn Ubayd-Allah
- Ayesha Takia, an Indian Bollywood actress
- Ayesha Al-Taymuriyya, Egyptian author
- Aisha Tyler, an American comedian and actress
- Ayşe Hafsa Sultan (1479-1534), Ottoman sultan Selim I's wife and the mother of Süleyman the Magnificent
- Ayesha Siddiqa, a Pakistani security analyst and strategic affairs columnist
- Ayşe Sine (1761 –1828), the wife of Ottoman Sultan Abdul Hamid I and the mother of Mustafa IV
- Ayesha Takia (b.1986), an Indian actress who appears in Bollywood movies.
[edit] Surname
- Bibi Ayesha, a female warlord in Afghanistan
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