Aysha

given name · Latin script

Recorded as a female name· opposite-gender records fall within measured source noise

Aysha is a given name written in the Latin script, with more bearers in Nigeria than in any other country, where it is the 45th most common given name. Recorded meaning: Se Aisha.

rarermore common
  • BDBangladesh≈1 in 3K(inferred from the name graph)
  • KZKazakhstan≈1 in 299as Айша
  • NGNigeria≈1 in 424as Aisha

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 Aysha 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.

Nigeria (inferred from the name graph)

≈500,000 named Aisha, est.

#960 (measured from records)

of 15M given names

7 (measured from records)

recorded for this name

Sources
450 (measured from records)

Highest-authority source

≈1 in 3.0K (inferred from the name graph)

Bangladesh, est.

measured from records inferred from the name graph

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Spellings & scripts(measured from records)

AishaLatin(measured from records)
АйшаCyrillic(measured from records)
อีสะThai(measured from records)
აიშაGeorgian(measured from records)
আইসBengali(measured from records)
아이샤Hangul(measured from records)
ΑισεGreek(measured from records)

8 other spellings are counted as the same name:

Locally spelled Aisha in US United States, NG Nigeria, KW Kuwait and 3 more, Айша in KZ Kazakhstan and Aisyah in ID Indonesia.

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)

Se Aisha.

Sources 2

Attested across 7 languages in the etymology graph.

Where in the world(measured from records)

Aysha 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.

Where Aysha is recorded, by country
CountryMost common spellingSources
NG Nigeria#45≈500,000 est.≈1 in 424listedAisha108
ID Indonesia#267≈90,000 est.≈1 in 3KlistedAisyah164
PK Pakistan#242≈84,000 est.≈1 in 2.8KlistedAysha105
TZ Tanzania#156≈82,000 est.≈1 in 718—Aisha32
KZ Kazakhstan#63≈64,000 est.≈1 in 29966KАйша45
BD Bangladesh#175≈55,000 est.≈1 in 3K—Aysha68
US United States—23,439as Aisha1 in 14K23KAisha450
AE United Arab Emirates#10≈17,000 est.≈1 in 590—Aisha146
QA Qatar#26≈5,300 est.≈1 in 457—Aisha84
KW Kuwait#27≈4,600 est.≈1 in 644—Aisha67

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: Bureau of National Statistics — birth registrations; Census Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex. 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 names spelled this way(inferred from the name graph)

Aysha is also recorded as 3 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

  • Portuguese given name6 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Brazil, United States, Peru, India

    Languages: Portuguese, Spanish

    Also written Aÿsha, Ayshà, Áysha, Åýṧhẳ

  • French given name3 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in France, United States, United Kingdom, India

    Also written Aÿshä

  • Pashto given name4 spellings in the group

    Most recorded in Afghanistan, India, Syria, Türkiye

    Languages: Pashto, Persian

    Also written Ayshà

42 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Notable people with this name(measured from records)

1960198020002020Aysha Hauer, b. 1966Aysha Daraaui, b. 1988Meis, b. 1993Aysha Joy Samuel, b. 1997Aysha Raisa Shua, b. 2009

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).

Evidence(measured from records)

Attested in 74 sources across 40 countries.

Official registers attesting Aysha
CountryRegisterYearCountRank
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20203.4K#5,123
US United StatesSSA — National Baby Names (1880–present)2025112—
US United StatesCensus Bureau — First Name Frequency 2020 by sex20207#5,123

Reference works 6

  • Dictionary of American Family Names
  • 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)
  • Ethiopian name tokens (GitHub lehagere/ethiopian-names, 40/60 condominium list)

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 Aysha mean?
Recorded meaning: Se Aisha.
Is Aysha a male or female name?
Aysha is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.
What are other forms of the name Aysha?
In the etymology graph, Aisha and Iesha are forms of the same name in other languages.
In which country does Aysha have the most bearers?
Mondonomo estimates about 505 thousand people named Aisha in Nigeria, more than in any other country we hold.
How common is the name Aysha?
In the United States, the national register counted 23,439 people named Aisha in 2020, about 1 in 14 thousand residents.
How common is Aysha compared with other names?
In Nigeria, Aysha is the 45th most common given name of 138,191 given names recorded there.

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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, “Aysha” — the 45th most common given name in Nigeria. Data snapshot 2026-10-10.

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