Muslim Name · Female · Arabic origin

عَائِشَة

Aisyah Name Meaning in Islam

Aisha.

عَائِشَة·Aisyah
Meaning
Aisha. Malay and Indonesian dominant spelling
Origin
Arabic
Gender
Girl
Arabic root
ع-ي-ش
Urdu
عائشہ
Pronunciation
AIS-yah
Lucky number
8

Is Aisyah an Islamic name? Yes. 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.

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Section 1 · Arabic Root

Where the Name Comes From

ع-ي-ش

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.

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 Aisyah
    1992·Indonesia
    Indonesian woman tried and acquitted in the 2017 Kim Jong-nam case

How to Pronounce Aisyah

PronunciationAIS-yah  ·  ais·yah  ·  2 syllables

Same name, different doors: each spelling of Aisyah belongs to a particular community of speakers.

Aisyah ✓Malay · IndonesiaAishaArabic · ClassicalAishahMalay · SingaporeAesyahAisyaAyesyahAysyah

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Like Aisyah, these names carry Ain (ع) as their leading letter influence.

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About the name Aisyah

What does the name Aisyah mean?
Aisyah means: Aisha. Malay and Indonesian dominant spelling.

The letters of Aisyah, beginning with Ain, each carry a separate quality. What does Ilm ul Huroof read here? → What does Ilm ul Huroof reveal about names like Aisyah? →

Is Aisyah mentioned in the Quran?
The exact form Aisyah does not appear in the Quran. The root ع-ي-ش, from which Aisyah comes, appears in the Quran; the name carries the root, not the verse.

For Aisyah and many others, the Quran is the deepest source of the letters and the meaning. Browse all Quranic names in our collection →

What does Aisyah mean in Urdu?
Aisyah in Urdu is عائشہ (Aisyah) in the South Asian Islamic tradition.

Centuries of Urdu writing carried the Arabic letter readings forward, and Aisyah carries them too. How do Arabic letters travel into Urdu names? →

Is Aisyah a good Islamic name?
Yes. Aisyah is a name valued in Muslim tradition, meaning Aisha. Malay and Indonesian dominant spelling. The Prophet ﷺ said: "You will be called by your names on the Day of Resurrection, so give yourselves good names" (Abu Dawud). Every letter in Aisyah carries a specific spiritual quality, not metaphorically, but structurally.

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Is Aisyah a girl or boy name?
Aisyah is traditionally a Muslim girl name meaning Aisha. Malay and Indonesian dominant spelling. Used across Pakistan, the Arab world, Turkey, Malaysia, and Muslim diaspora communities worldwide, each community with their own spelling and their own story.

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What is the spiritual meaning of Aisyah in Ilm ul Huroof?
Ain perceives, Alif grounds, Ya reaches, Sheen radiates, Ha breathes presence.

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 →

What names go perfectly with Aisyah as a sibling name?
The best sibling names for Aisyah share a complementary spiritual quality, either the same root letter or a harmonious contrast. Parents instinctively seek names whose letter qualities form a coherent family field.

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Is Aisyah a rare or common Muslim name?
Aisyah (Aisha. Malay and Indonesian dominant spelling) is used across the Muslim world. Pakistan, the Arab world, Turkey, Iran, Malaysia, and wherever Muslims name their children with intention. The specific spelling you see here is one of the recognised forms. Different communities claim their own spelling, each one a signature of a tradition.

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