Aisha

Aisha comes from the Arabic root meaning living or alive, borne by one of the most significant figures in early Islamic history, the Prophet Muhammad's wife and a respected scholar of hadith. The name is cherished across the Muslim world from Morocco to Malaysia, with spellings that shift across languages, Ayesha, Aicha, Aisha. Two bright syllables, ah-EE-sha, with a soft sh-finish. In the United States it entered the charts in the 1970s and has held a quiet, steady place since. The name carries warmth and intellect together. Aisha feels poised and alive to the world, a girl whose name means she is already here.