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What does Ayesha mean?
Ayesha 
as a girls' name is of Persian origin, and the meaning of Ayesha is "small one". Also variant of Aisha.
ENDS WITH -sha
ASSOCIATED WITH small (little)
Variations
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA AISHA Aayshah, Aeesha, Aeeshah, Aeisha, Aesha, Aeshah, Aiesha, Aieshah, Aishah, Aishia, Aisia, Asha, Ashah, Ashia, Asia▼, Ayeesa, Ayeesah, Ayeesha, Ayeeshah, Ayeisa, Ayeisah, Ayeisha, Ayeishah, Ayisa, Ayisah, Ayisat, Ayisha, Ayishah, Aysha, Ayshe, Ieasha, Ieesha, Ieeshah, Ieeshia, Iesha▼, Ieshah, Ihisha, Isha, Maisha, Miesha, Myesha, Niesha, Taisha, Teisha, Tiesha, Tyesha, Tyisha, Tynisha, Yiesha, Yieshah
CREATIVE FORMS(female)
(male)
MIDDLE NAME PAIRINGS
Ayesha Zaina (A.Z.), ..
How popular is Ayesha?
Ayesha is a very prominent first name for women (#2020 out of 4276, Top 47%) but an uncommon last name for both adults and children. (2000 U.S. CENSUS)
Ayesha entered the list in 1970-1979 and reached its top rank of #1182 in the U.S. in the 1980s, and is currently at #1331. (TOP 2000 NAMES, 2016)
Which version is better?
Popular variation forms of Ayesha (#1331 IN RECENT RANKINGS) are Aisha (#501), Asia (#1107), Asha (#1296), Isha (#1635), Aiesha, Niesha, Tyisha, Tyesha, Tiesha, Taisha, Maisha, Myesha, Miesha, Iesha, Aysha, Ashia and Tynisha. Other forms, like Aesha, are uncommon. Adoption of these forms of Ayesha was widespread 25 years ago (AVERAGE #1244) and is now much reduced (#1770, ▼74%), with versions such as Asia becoming somewhat outmoded. Asia is the steady favorite, although Aisha seems to be gaining popularity too.
Similar Names
Ayesha is pronounced similarly to Eyeesha, Ieshia, Usha and Yeesha. Other recommended sound-alike names are Abeesha, Abisha, Agetha, Akasha, Aleesha, Aleisha, Alesha▼, Aleshia, Alesia▼, Alessa, Alesta, Aletha, Alisha▼, Alyosha, Alysha▼, Amisha, Anessa, Anisha, Anusha, Aretha, Asa, Assa, Asya, Ayeeda, Azha, Elesha, Keesha, Kesha▼, Kiesha, Leesha, Lesha, Myeisha, Myeshia, Myiesha, Myisha, Neesha, Nesha, Saesha and Stesha. These names tend to be less commonly used than Ayesha.
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