Aïssata
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Aïssata [a.i.sa.ta] is both a surname and a female given name. It is French spelling of a Fulani name ultimately derived from Arabic عَائِشَةُ (ʿāʾišatu, “Aisha”). Notable people with the name include:
- Given name
- Aïssata Coulibaly (born 1983), Malian football player
- Aïssata Issoufou Mahamadou, Nigerian First Lady and scientist
- Aïssata Kane (1938–2019), Mauritanian politician and women's rights activist
- Aïssata Lam (born 1986/87), Mauritanian women's rights activist
- Aïssata Soulama (born 1979), Burkinabé hurdler
- Aissata Diallo (born 1994), Guinean-American reality star
- Surname
- Mounkaïla Aïssata, Nigerian politician