Gender: Female Meanings: Form of Aiesha or Aisha: Alive; life (Swahili, East Africa). Form of Aeisha or Aisha: Life (Arabic, North Africa). After Ayeska, favorite wife of the prophet Mohammed Resource References: A Handbook of African NamesThe Book of African NamesWhat’s In a Name? Unaitwaje? A Swahili Book of NamesAfrican NamesProud Heritage: 11,001 Names for Your African-American BabyA World of Baby Names
