A Name Story by Houdhoud

عَائِشَة

Ayşe

AY-she

“Living, prosperous.”

About Ayşe

Ayşe is a Muslim baby girl's name meaning "living, prosperous" — a Turkish-Arabic name carried for centuries across the Muslim world.

Turkish form of Aisha.

One of the most common Turkish girls' names.

Origin & roots

Origin

Turkish · Arabic

Gender

Girl

Also spelled

Ayse

Root letters

ع ي شʿ-Y-Sh

Turkish absorbed thousands of Arabic-rooted words after the Anatolian conversion; Ayşe's root letters sit at the seam.

How to say it

AY·she

Stressed syllable in capitals

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