Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin
Aisyah Name Meaning in Islam
Aisha.
- Meaning
- Aisha. Malay and Indonesian dominant spelling
- Origin
- Arabic
- Gender
- Girl
- Arabic root
- ع-ي-ش
- Urdu
- عائشہ
- Meaning in Urdu
- انڈونیشیائی/ملائی املا
- Pronunciation
- AIS-yah
- Lucky number
- 8
Is Aisyah an Islamic name? On the site's editorial reading, yes (this is not a religious ruling): Aisyah is an established name in Muslim use, Arabic in origin. Its settled meaning is: Aisha. Malay and Indonesian dominant spelling. Islamic tradition asks that a name carry a good meaning and claim nothing that belongs to God alone, and this name meets both.
Read the letter-by-letter reading ↓Section 1 · Arabic Root
Where the Name Comes From
ع-ي-ش. From ʿ-y-sh, to live. ʿĀʾisha (Aisyah in Malay/Indonesian) means living, lively; same root as ʿaysh, life.
Section 2 · Ilm ul Huroof
Read Letter by Letter
Ain source, Ya reaching, Sheen radiance, final-ة completion. Perception, yearning, and radiance gathered into manifestation, life made luminously visible. The letter grid also shows Alif (ا) with Al-Ahad (The One) and Ta marbuta (ة) with Al-Tawwab (The Relenting).
Section 3 · Synthesis
What This Reading Says About You
Aisyah joins fire to earth, the will that decides with the patience that lasts. This is a name that asks its bearer to burn steadily rather than in bursts, and to plant what the fire has cleared. Running through the reading is Al-Alim, the All-Knowing, carried as a knowing that predates study, and beside it Al-Tawwab, the Relenting, adding the readiness to return and be returned to. A person named Aisyah tends to build things that outlast them.
Section 4 · What Families Say
What People Usually Mean by This Name
Living, full of life. Malay/Indonesian spelling of Aisha. From the Arabic root ʿ-y-sh ('to live'). Refers to ʿA'isha bint Abi Bakr, wife of the Prophet ﷺ.
Section 5 · Bearers
Who Has Carried This Name
- Siti Aisyah1992·IndonesiaIndonesian woman tried and acquitted in the 2017 Kim Jong-nam case
How to Pronounce Aisyah
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Names sharing the ع Ain influence
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Frequently Asked Questions
About the name Aisyah
What does the name Aisyah mean?
The letters of Aisyah, beginning with Ain, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Aisyah? →
Is Aisyah mentioned in the Quran?
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What does Aisyah mean in Urdu?
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Is Aisyah a good Islamic name?
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What is the spiritual meaning of Aisyah in Ilm ul Huroof?
In Ilm ul Huroof, the science of letters that Ibn Arabi worked within, every letter of Aisyah is a principle, not a phoneme. Read the full introduction to Ilm ul Huroof →
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