Ayesha

Where Ayesha comes from

A spelling variant of Aisha.
— Wiktionary's entry for Ayesha
  • Arabic
  • Vowel-ended
Along the way
  1. 1950
    First appearance
    #4,738 among girls, 6 babies — the first year at least five got the name.
  2. 1972
    Ayesha Jhulka born
    Indian film actress
  3. 1979
    Peak, #974
    147 babies named Ayesha — more than any year before or since.
  4. 1986
    Ayesha Takia born
    Indian film actress
In the dictionary
  • A female given name from Arabic.
Namesakes
  • Ayesha Takia · Indian film actress, born 1986
  • Ayesha Jhulka · Indian film actress, born 1972
  • Ayesha Kapur · Indian-German actress, born 1994
  • Ayesha Curry · Canadian actress, born 1989
  • Ayesha Jalal · Pakistani historian, born 1956

Sources: the origin note and dictionary entry are quoted from Wiktionary (CC BY-SA 4.0); the namesakes come from Wikidata (CC0); the milestones are worked out from the SSA record.