Arabic origin
Source-reportedMeaning: “living”
Borrowed from Turkish Ayşe, from Arabic عَائِشَة (ʕāʔiša). The use as a common noun is due to the name's commonness among Turkish immigrants, possibly reinforced by the unrelated noun Ische (“gal, chick”).
Sources for this account (2)
- Wiktionary: AischeCC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15
- Wikipedia (en): Aisha (given name)CC-BY-SA-4.0 · retrieved 2026-10-15

