Aisha
Americannoun
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a.d. 613?–678, favorite wife of Muhammad (daughter of Abu-Bekr).
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Also Ayesha a first name: from a Swahili word meaning “life.”
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His sister Angela Climax, who also goes by Aisha Muhammad, said she would follow him around as a child and the pair would play cops and robbers.
From Los Angeles Times • May 22, 2026
County executive Aisha Braveboy hosted “listening sessions,” emceed by her deputy chief of staff, Devan Martin.
From The Wall Street Journal • May 1, 2026
Aisha, not her real name, met her ex-husband on a Muslim dating app during the pandemic and began a whirlwind romance.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Aisha says the police never took any action against her in relation to her ex-partner's allegations.
From BBC • Apr. 16, 2026
Aisha stopped twisting and stared at her in the mirror, a dead stare, and Ifemelu feared, for a moment, that the woman had clairvoyant powers and could tell she was lying.
From "Americanah" by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
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