Behind the Name: yeohye's Personal Name List

Aylin

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Turkish, Azerbaijani, Kazakh

Other Scripts: Айлин(Kazakh)

Elaborated form of Turkish or Azerbaijani ay meaning "moon".

Aliya 1

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Kazakh, Tatar, Urdu

Other Scripts: عليّة(Arabic) Әлия(Kazakh) Алия(Tatar) عالیہ(Urdu)

Pronounced: ‘a-LEE-ya(Arabic)

Feminine form of Ali 1. This can also be another way of transcribing the related name عالية (see Aaliyah).

Aisha

Gender: Feminine

Usage: Arabic, Urdu, Hausa, Swahili, Kazakh, African American

Other Scripts: عائشة(Arabic) عائشہ(Urdu) Айша(Kazakh)

Pronounced: ‘A-ee-sha(Arabic) ie-EE-shə(English)

Means "living, alive" in Arabic. This was the name of Muhammad's third wife, the daughter of Abu Bakr. Some time after Muhammad's death she went to war against Ali, the fourth caliph, but was defeated. Her name is used more by Sunni Muslims and less by Shias.

This name began to be used in America in the 1970s, possibly inspired by Princess Aisha of Jordan (1968-), the daughter of King Hussein and his British-born wife. It received a boost in popularity after Stevie Wonder used it for his first daughter in 1975.