Aicha
given name · Latin script
Meaning: from Eiche 'oak'; dialectal place-name form
Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise
/aʃa/(machine-generated) pronunciation, model-generated
Aicha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Morocco than in any other country. In Cameroon it is the 60th most common given name.
- MAMorocco≈1 in 307(inferred from the name graph)
- CMCameroon≈1 in 1K
- DZAlgeria≈1 in 1.4K
carrying the name, as counted by its national register where one exists and as Mondonomo estimates it elsewhere (marked ≈ and "est." on hover). Where a country counts another spelling of the name rather than Aicha itself, the figure is that spelling’s, and it is named. One hue, darker where it is more common; hover a country for its figure.
- Morocco (inferred from the name graph)
- 2 (measured from records)
- Sources
- 291 (measured from records)
- ≈1 in 307 (inferred from the name graph)
≈120,000 people, est.
recorded for this name
Highest-authority source
Morocco, est.
measured from records inferred from the name graph
Spellings & scripts(measured from records)
Locally spelled Aïcha in SN Senegal.
Spellings marked ● are how people bearing the name write it in our records, and ○ marks a model's transliteration; click a spelling to open its page.
Meaning & origin(measured from records)
from Eiche 'oak'; dialectal place-name form
Sources 1
- Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung
Attested across 10 languages in the etymology graph.
Where in the world(measured from records)
Aicha counted together with the spellings and other-language forms grouped with it. Where a register counted another spelling, the row names it.
Sorted by bearers: national registers' counts, and Mondonomo's estimates (≈, est.) where no register counts.
| Country | Most common spelling | Sources | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MA Morocco | #195 | ≈120,000 est. | ≈1 in 307 | 704 | Aicha | 70 |
| US United States | — | 36,127as Sasha | 1 in 9.2K | 34K | Aicha | 144 |
| DZ Algeria | #269 | ≈30,000 est. | ≈1 in 1.4K | #3 | Aicha | 33 |
| CM Cameroon | #60 | ≈27,000 est. | ≈1 in 1K | — | Aicha | 18 |
| FR France | #395 | ≈23,000 est. | ≈1 in 3K | 64K | Aicha | 291 |
| SN Senegal | #239 | ≈19,000 est. | ≈1 in 823 | 9 | Aïcha | 32 |
| ES Spain | — | 10,101 | 1 in 5K | 10K | Aicha | 42 |
| TN Tunisia | #240 | ≈8,100 est. | ≈1 in 1.5K | #2 | Aicha | 32 |
Exact figures are national registers' own counts, while figures marked ≈ and est. are Mondonomo’s estimates, counted from our sources and calibrated against those registers; hover one for how far to trust it in that country. A dash means neither exists.
Registers cited: INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024); Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex; INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos); This page discusses the most popular female given names in Morocco for 2023 as reported by Le Journal des Femmes.; DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024). Figures without a register are Mondonomo estimates; see Methodology.
Country figures for a list of names, at full precision, are available under licence rather than by scraping this table (how that works).
Other recorded senses(measured from records)
Aicha is also recorded in 5 other lexicons, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.
In French, Arabic ʿĀʾisha, 'living' or 'prosperous'.
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In French, third-person singular past historic of aicher
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In French, Origine arabe; signifie « qui vivra ».
as a nameLe grand guide des prénoms (Enfant - Education)
In mch, first-person possessed form of nootü
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
In cim, oak (tree)
as a wordkaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)
Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.
Notable people with this name(measured from records)
- Aisha Al-Manoubyab. 1199TNnot in their usual nameMuslim saint in Tunisia
- Sayyida al-Hurrab. 1485MAnot in their usual name16th-century Moroccan ruler of Tétouan and privateer
- Princess Lalla Aicha of Moroccob. 1930MAMoroccan princess and diplomat (1930–2011)
- Aicha Belarbib. 1946MAMoroccan diplomat
- Aicha Filalib. 1956TNTunisian plastic artist
- Aïcha Fofanab. 1957MLMalian translator and author
- Aicha Duihib. 1990MAPresident of the Sahara Observatory
- Aicha Mezemateb. 1991DZAlgerian volleyball player
- Aicha Kossokoactress
- Aïcha Ben AbedTNTunisian historian and archaeologist
The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).
How to address them(machine-generated)
A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.
Evidence(measured from records)
Attested in 68 sources across 44 countries.
| Country | Register | Year | Count | Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| FR France | INSEE — Fichier des prénoms (1900–2024) | 2024 | 12K | #350 |
| ES Spain | INE — Padrón per-token widgets (current living counts, given + apellidos) | — | 10K | #533 |
| ES Spain | INE — Nombres más frecuentes (Padrón Municipal) | — | 9.1K | #294 |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 2K | #7,612 |
| US United States | SSA — National Baby Names (1880–present) | 2025 | 52 | — |
| US United States | Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex | 2020 | 10 | #7,612 |
| SN Senegal | DGE — candidate declarations, 41 party/coalition lists (legislatives anticipees 17 Nov 2024) | 2024 | 9 | #62 |
| MA Morocco | Liste des prénoms d'usage au Maroc — official authorized given-names list | — | — | — |
Reference works 4
- Nederlandse FamilienamenBank (Dutch surname bank; ex-Meertens Instituut, now CBG)2007
- Nişanyan Adlar (Turkish given-name national-registry frequency)
- Wikipedia given-name tokens
- Wikidata name items (native-script + romanized given/family names)
These works list the name; their figures are licensed and are not reproduced here.
Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.
Frequently asked questions
- What does the name Aicha mean, and where does it come from?
- from Eiche 'oak'; dialectal place-name form Recorded by Deutsche Namenkunde: Unsere Familiennamen nach ihrer Entstehung und Bedeutung.
- How do you pronounce Aicha?
- A machine transcription gives /aʃa/ (IPA) for French.
- Is Aicha a male or female name?
- Aicha is recorded for both men and women. We don't publish a percentage split: a record's gender belongs to the person and is attached to every given name on that record, so names in cultures where a name string also carries a parent's or spouse's given name pick up large cross-gender counts.
- In which country does Aicha have the most bearers?
- Mondonomo estimates about 116 thousand people named Aicha in Morocco, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled aicha.
- How common is the name Aicha?
- In Spain, the national register counted 10,101 people named Aicha, about 1 in 5.0 thousand residents.
- How common is Aicha compared with other names?
- In Morocco, Aicha is the 195th most common given name of 41,711 given names recorded there.
What do you want to know about Aicha?
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Query this name via API
curl -H "X-API-Key: YOUR_KEY" https://api.mondonomo.ai/api/v1/name-graph/aichaThe payload this page is built from: spellings and scripts, countries and languages, related names, and the registers that attest the form. It takes a free API key (1,000 requests a day), which returns what this page shows everyone; the full country table, every register citation and the year-by-year series come with a licensed key, as does bulk access.
About this data
measured from records inferred from the name graph machine-generated
These figures come from the data snapshot of and will change as it is rebuilt.
Statistics are aggregated from the Mondonomo name corpus; related names and etymology are inferred from the name graph; pronunciation and any machine-marked transliterations are model-generated. Read how the numbers are made, including their known failure modes, and where the data comes from.
Reference works we consult — surname dictionaries, official name registers, Wikidata and Wiktionary — are named directly, beside the claims they support. The per-country source counts also include datasets of person records: we publish how many there are and their authority tier, but not their names.
Cite this page Mondonomo, “Aicha” — the 195th most common given name in Morocco. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.